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gantlet
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • a glove with long sleeve
  • a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
  • to offer or accept a challenge
    • threw down the gauntlet
    • took up the gauntlet
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