Gantlet has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
to offer or accept a challenge
"threw down the gauntlet"
"took up the gauntlet"
2
a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
4
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
5
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
6
Alternative spelling of gauntlet
Broader Terms (hypernyms)