to offer or accept a challenge; threw down the gauntlet; took up the gauntlet
[ Syn: gantlet ]
a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
[ Syn: gantlet , metal glove ]
a glove with long sleeve
[ Syn: 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
[ Syn: gantlet ]