1. a medieval glove, as of mail or plate, worn by a knight in armor to protect the hand.
2. a glove with an extended cuff for the wrist.
3. the cuff itself.

4. take up the gauntlet / glove,
• to accept a challenge to fight: He was always willing to take up the gauntlet for a good cause.
• to show one's defiance.
5. throw down the gauntlet / glove,
• to challenge.
• to defy.

1. a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
2. the two rows of men administering this punishment.
3. an attack from two or all sides.
4. trying conditions; an ordeal.
5. gantlet¹ (def. 1).

6. gantlet¹ (def. 3).

7. to suffer severe criticism or tribulation.

1. a medieval armoured leather glove
2. a heavy glove with a long cuff
3. to accept a challenge
4. to offer a challenge

1. a punishment in which the victim is forced to run between two rows of men who strike at him as he passes: formerly a military punishment
2. run the gauntlet
• to suffer this punishment
• to endure an onslaught or ordeal, as of criticism
3. a testing ordeal; trial
4. a variant spelling of gantlet 1 (def. 1)

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