Definition of Gantlet

  • 1. To offer or accept a challenge Noun
  • 2. A glove of armored leather; protects the hand Noun
  • 3. A glove with long sleeve Noun
  • 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 Noun
  • 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 Noun

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