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Gantlet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of gauntlet. US, alt-of, alternative

    "[John] Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights from his neighbors."

  2. 2
    a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim wordnet
  3. 3
    the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times wordnet
  4. 4
    a glove with long sleeve wordnet
  5. 5
    a glove of armored leather; protects the hand wordnet
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  1. 6
    to offer or accept a challenge wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English gantlett, gantelette, variant of Middle English gauntelett. More at gauntlet.

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