Noun

• S: (n) gauntlet, gantlet (to offer or accept a challenge) "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
• S: (n) gauntlet, gantlet, metal glove (a glove of armored leather; protects the hand)
• S: (n) gauntlet, gantlet (a glove with long sleeve)
• S: (n) 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)
• S: (n) 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)