Gauntlet

(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.

(noun.) a glove with long sleeve.

(noun.) a glove of armored leather; protects the hand.

(noun.) to offer or accept a challenge; 'threw down the gauntlet'; 'took up the gauntlet'.

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• Now, Priest, said, the Knight, pulling off his gauntlet, if I had vantage on my head, I will have none on my hand--stand fast as a true man. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Instead of withdrawing with dignity, as he might still have done, he threw down the gauntlet of defiance. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Our mailed step shall ascend their throne--our gauntlet shall wrench the sceptre from their gripe. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Mr. MICAWBER'S GAUNTLET Until the day arrived on which I was to entertain my newly-found old friends, I lived principally on Dora and coffee. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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