gantlet

Definition
(noun) to offer or accept a challenge Definition
(noun) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand Definition
(noun) a glove with long sleeve Definition
(noun) 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 Definition
(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