Search Result:gantlet
KK Pronunciation
〔 `gæntlIt, `gɒn- 〕
Pronunciation
〔 ˋ^æntlit, ˋ^ɒ:n- 〕
Overview of noun gantlet
The noun gantlet has 5 senses
- gauntlet, gantlet -- (to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet")
- gauntlet, gantlet, metal glove -- (a glove of armored leather; protects the hand)
- gauntlet, gantlet -- (a glove with long sleeve)
- 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)
- gauntlet, gantlet -- (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)