Mexican Spanish Meaning of gantlet

guante

Other Mexican Spanish words related to guante

Definitions and Meaning of gantlet in English

Wordnet

gantlet (n)

to offer or accept a challenge

a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

a glove with long sleeve

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 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

Webster

gantlet (n.)

A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.

A glove. See Gauntlet.

FAQs About the word gantlet

guante

to offer or accept a challenge, a glove of armored leather; protects the hand, a glove with long sleeve, the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a na

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gantanol => Gantanol, gansu province => Provincia de Gansu, gansu => Gansu, gansa => Ganso, ganoine => ganoína,