1. Noun
See Gantlet.
2. Noun
A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
3. Noun
A long glove, covering the wrist.
4. Noun
A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
5. 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
6. Noun
to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
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