gantlet

A glove with long sleeve.

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.

To offer or accept a challenge.

A glove of armored leather; protects the hand.

The convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times.