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Gantlet

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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

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. 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.


Gantlet

see synonyms of gantlet
noun
1. 
a section of a railway where two tracks overlap
2. US a variant spelling of gauntlet2
noun
a variant of gauntlet1

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Gantlet

see synonyms of gantlet
noun
1. 
a. 
a former military punishment in which the offender had to run between two rows of men who struck him with clubs, etc. as he passed
b. 
a series of troubles or difficulties
in these senses, now spelled equally gauntlet
2. 
a section of railroad track through a narrow passage where two lines of track overlap, one rail of each line being within the rails of the other
verb transitive
3. 
to overlap (railroad tracks) so as to make a gantlet
noun
var. of
gauntlet1

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Gantlet

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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.
A section of double railroad tracks formed by the temporary convergence of two otherwise parallel tracks in such a way that each set remains independent while traversing the same ground, affording passage at a narrow place without need of switching.
tr.v. gant·let·ed, gant·let·ing, gant·lets
To converge (railroad tracks) to form a gantlet.
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.
n.
Variant of gauntlet1.
n.
Variant of gauntlet2.

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