gauntlet

gauntlet has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. See Gantlet.
• n.. A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.
• n.. A long glove, covering the wrist.
• n.. A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
• n.. 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
• n.. a glove with long sleeve
• n.. a glove of armored leather; protects the hand
• n.. to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"