Thesaurus: gantlet

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1. n. A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
2. n. A glove. See Gauntlet.
3. n. to offer or accept a challenge
4. n. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
5. n. a glove with long sleeve
6. n. 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
7. n. 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
8. A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed. To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey. Note: Written also, but less properly, gauntlet. A glove. See Gauntlet.
9. A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender wasmade to run between two files of men facing one another, who struckhim as he passed. To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of thegantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism orcontroversy, or ill-treatment at many hands.Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. Palfrey.
10. n:100 n. 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