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• a strong glove with a long, loose wrist.

Origin: late Middle English: from Old French gantelet, diminutive of gant ‘glove’, of Germanic origin.

• go through an intimidating or dangerous crowd or experience in order to reach a goal.

• "they had to run the gauntlet of television cameras"

• undergo the military punishment of receiving blows while running between two rows of men with sticks.

• accept a challenge.
"Washington had no choice but to take up the gauntlet"

• issue a challenge.
"he threw down the gauntlet to cabinet colleagues"