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gauntlet

English

  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. 🔊 a glove with long sleeve
  3. 🔊 a glove of armored leather
  4. 🔊 to offer or accept a challenge
    “threw down the gauntlet”

Similar words

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