Gantlet
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of gauntlet. US, alt-of, alternative
"[John] Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights from his neighbors."
- 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 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 a glove with long sleeve wordnet
- 5 a glove of armored leather; protects the hand wordnet
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- 6 to offer or accept a challenge wordnet
Example
More examples"[John] Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights from his neighbors."
Etymology
From Middle English gantlett, gantelette, variant of Middle English gauntelett. More at gauntlet.