Meaning : To offer or accept a challenge.
Example :
Threw down the gauntlet.
Took up the gauntlet.
Synonyms : gauntlet
Meaning : A glove of armored leather. Protects the hand.
Synonyms : gauntlet, metal glove
Meaning : A glove with long sleeve.
Synonyms : gauntlet
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.
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.
Synonyms : gauntlet