SkyfireDict

gauntlet   (TTS Sound)

The noun gauntlet has 4 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)


• 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)