Gantlet
nounid
61978·updated May 18, 2026verified
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
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Variants
- synonym
- gauntlet
- plural
- Gantlets
- possessive
- Gantlet's
- pluralpossessive
- Gantlets'
Framework definitions
- §1
- 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
- §2
- the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place
- §3
- a glove with long sleeve
- §4
- a glove of armored leather
- §5
- to offer or accept a challenge
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