gauntlet

IPA: gˈɔntɫʌt

Protective armor for the hands, formerly thrown down as a challenge to combat.
A long glove covering the wrist.
(nautical) A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.
(medicine) An eruption of pellagra on the hands.
(archaic) Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment.
A simultaneous attack from two or more sides.
(figuratively) Any challenging, difficult, or painful ordeal, often one performed for atonement or punishment.
(rail transport) Overlapping parallel rail tracks; either to allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching, or to allow vehicles of a larger gauge to pass through a station without hitting the platforms.

Examples of "gauntlet" in Sentences

Her skill-power comes along when she steals a gauntlet from the villainous Lord Licorice.
The guy who throws down * that* gauntlet is gonna be able to make any movie he wants after that.
Running the gauntlet is expressed as: Élla tuvo aguantar el acoso de los fotógrafos [She had to run the gauntlet of the photographers].
I have to tell you, one of the benefit s of running this 22 month gauntlet is that you have been through some ups and you have been through some downs.
Running the gauntlet is a form of physical punishment wherein a man is compelled to run between two rows -- a gauntlet -- of soldiers who strike him as he passes.
It's interesting to see in the photo above that the hook-and-loop strap on the gauntlet is shorter than it could be, while the strap on the back of the wrist is too long.
So desperate to convince everyone he’s managed to acquire some wisdom to accompany his vast years, yet so eager to run for the hills every time the intellectual gauntlet is thrown.
The gauntlet is fairly flung to all who cry "America for the Americans;" and it may be an additional reason against an attempt to reconstitute the Union that the first step of the new State must in honour be an armed protest against French action, or the swagger of twenty years is even more vain than it was believed to be.