gauntlet

Words with a similar base: gauntlet

'gauntlet'

[gauntlet.n.01] as in: to offer or accept a challenge

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Examples:
threw down the gauntlet
took up the gauntlet

'gauntlet'

[gauntlet.n.02] as in: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand

'gauntlet'

[gauntlet.n.03] as in: a glove with long sleeve

'gauntlet'

[gauntlet.n.04] as in: 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