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Gauntlet

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

polysemous

Classifications

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
gantletmetal glove
plural
Gauntlets
possessive
Gauntlet's
pluralpossessive
Gauntlets'