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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.
Exact synonyms: Gauntlet, Metal Glove
Group relationships: Body Armor, Body Armour, Cataphract, Coat Of Mail, Suit Of Armor, Suit Of Armour
Generic synonyms: Glove
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. to overlap railroad tracks [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantlet
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