1. Noun
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. Noun
A glove. See Gauntlet.
3. 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
Vocabulary classified under Sociology
4. Noun
to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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