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Definition of Gantlet
1. Noun. To offer or accept a challenge. "Took up the gauntlet"
2. Noun. A glove of armored leather; protects the hand.
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Generic synonyms: Glove
3. Noun. A glove with long sleeve.
4. Noun. 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.
5. Noun. 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.
Definition of Gantlet
1. n. A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
2. n. A glove. See Gauntlet.
Definition of Gantlet
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of gauntlet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gantlet
1. to overlap railroad tracks [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantlet
Literary usage of Gantlet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1903)
"The rails for the gantlet tracks were laid on the ends of the ties of the two
main tracks, but too near the ends to permit them to be securely spiked. ..."
2. History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi: By by John Wesley Monette (1848)
"The Rifle.—The Scalping-knife.—Tomahawk—Battle- ax.—War-club.—Declaration of
War.— Torture.—Running the gantlet.—Torture at the Stake by Fire. ..."
3. The Red Man and the White Man in North America, from Its Discovery to the by George Edward Ellis (1882)
"The victims of this barbarity are usually first subjected to the running of the
gantlet between two defined goals, the women and the children lining the way ..."
4. Plymouth and the pilgrims; or incidents of adventure in the history of the by Joseph Banvard (1851)
"Sentenced to run the gantlet. — He reforms. — Is killed by the Indians.— Timely
Abundance. — Trade with the Kennebec. — A Return Ship captured. ..."
5. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"It was also used for the “glove” sense of gauntlet: Yee that fling out the gantlet
to him that calls you Coward —Nathaniel Ward, The Simple Cobler of ..."
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