gauntlet(noun) 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
(noun) a glove with long sleeve
(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"
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