GANTLET
Dictionary entry overview: What does gantlet mean?
• GANTLET (noun)
The noun GANTLET has 5 senses:
1. to offer or accept a challenge
2. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
3. a glove with long sleeve
4. 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
5. 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
Familiarity information: GANTLET used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• GANTLET (noun)
Meaning:
To offer or accept a challenge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gantlet; gauntlet
Context examples:
threw down the gauntlet / took up the gauntlet
Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):
challenge (a call to engage in a contest or fight)
Meaning:
A glove of armored leather; protects the hand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
metal glove; gauntlet; gantlet
Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):
glove (handwear: covers the hand and wrist)
Holonyms ("gantlet" is a part of...):
body armor; body armour; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour (armor that protects the wearer's whole body)
Meaning:
A glove with long sleeve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
gantlet; gauntlet
Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):
glove (handwear: covers the hand and wrist)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):
railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
gauntlet; gantlet
Hypernyms ("gantlet" is a kind of...):
corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)
