gantlet

noun

1. to offer or accept a challenge

Similar word(s): gauntlet

Definition categories: communication, challenge

2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

Similar word(s): gauntlet

Definition categories: man–made, glove

3. a glove with long sleeve

Similar word(s): gauntlet

Definition categories: man–made, glove

4. 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

Definition categories: man–made, railroad, railway

5. 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

Similar word(s): gauntlet

Definition categories: act