Gauntlet

n.	1.	(Mil.) See Gantlet.
	1.	A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
	2.	A long glove, covering the wrist.
	3.	(Naut.) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying. To take up the gauntlet to accept a challenge. To throw down the gauntlet to offer or send a challenge. The gauntlet or glove was thrown down by the knight challenging, and was taken up by the one who accepted the challenge; - hence the phrases.

Noun	1.	gauntlet - to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet" Synonyms: gantlet
	2.	gauntlet - a glove of armored leather; protects the hand Synonyms: metal glove, gantlet
	3.	gauntlet - a glove with long sleeve Synonyms: gantlet
	4.	gauntlet - 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 Synonyms: gantlet

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