Synonyms:
gauntlet, gantlet
Meaning: 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, gantlet
Meaning: a glove with long sleeve
Synonyms:
gauntlet, gantlet, metal_glove
Meaning: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
Synonyms:
gauntlet, gantlet
Meaning: to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
Usage examples
Milon struck his adversary so fiercely, that the lance splintered in his gauntlet; but the young knight kept his seat without even losing a stirrup.
The gauntlet, to which Mrs. Micawber referred upon a former occasion, being thrown down in the form of an advertisement, was taken up by my friend Heep, and led to a mutual recognition.