gantlet

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

• the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

• a glove with long sleeve

• a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

• to offer or accept a challenge
  • threw down the gauntlet
    
  • took up the gauntlet
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gauntlet , metal glove