gantlet has definitions from the fields of transportation,clothing
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[ 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

Synonyms

gauntlet

Related terms

corporal_punishment

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[ noun ] (clothing) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

Related terms

glove chain_mail body_armor

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[ noun ] (clothing) a glove with long sleeve

Synonyms

gauntlets gauntlet

Related terms

glove

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[ noun ] to offer or accept a challenge

Synonyms

gauntlet

Examples

"threw down the gauntlet" "took up the gauntlet"

Related terms

challenge

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[ noun ] (transportation) 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

Related terms

railroad_track

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