gantlet

Noun	1.	gantlet - to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet" gauntlet challenge - a call to engage in a contest or fight
	2.	gantlet - a glove of armored leather; protects the hand metal glove, gauntlet body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour - armor that protects the wearer's whole body gloves, glove - handwear: covers the hand and wrist
	3.	gantlet - a glove with long sleeve gauntlet gloves, glove - handwear: covers the hand and wrist
	4.	gantlet - 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 railroad track, railway, railroad - a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked along the railroad track"
	5.	gantlet - 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 gauntlet corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime

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