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Gauntlet

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Noun

1. gantlet, gauntlet

to offer or accept a challenge

Example Sentences:
'threw down the gauntlet'
'took up the gauntlet'

2. gantlet, gauntlet, metal glove

a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

3. gantlet, gauntlet

a glove with long sleeve

4. gantlet, gauntlet

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gauntlet

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noun
1. 
a medieval armoured leather glove
2. 
a heavy glove with a long cuff
3.  take up the gauntlet
4.  throw down the gauntlet
noun
1. 
a punishment in which victims are forced to run between two rows of people who strike at them as they pass: formerly a military punishment
2.  run the gauntlet
3. 
a testing ordeal; trial
4.  a variant spelling of gantlet (sense 1)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Gauntlet

see synonyms of gauntlet
noun
1. 
a medieval glove, usually of leather covered with metal plates, worn by knights in armor to protect the hand in combat
2. 
a. 
a long glove with a flaring cuff covering the lower part of the arm
b. 
the flaring cuff
noun see gantlet1 (sense 1)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gauntlet

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n.
1. A protective glove, usually extending over some of the forearm, worn as part of medieval armor.
2. Any of various protective gloves, usually with an extended or flared cuff, as used in certain sports such as fencing and motorcycle riding, in cooking to handle hot objects, and other activities.
3. A challenge: throw down the gauntlet; take up the gauntlet.
4. A dress glove cuffed above the wrist.
n.
1.
a. A form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.
b. The lines of people so arranged.
2.
a. An arrangement of two lines of menacing or demanding people or things through which one must pass: moved through a gauntlet of shouting reporters.
b. A series of difficult or trying experiences: survived the gauntlet of adolescent humiliations.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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