English Dictionary

gauntlet

noun

(archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment. / A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.

He wore a gauntlet on his hand.

意味（1）

(archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.

意味（2）

A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.

[John] Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights from his neighbors.

意味（4）

(rail transport) A temporary convergence of two parallel railroad tracks allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching.