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Gauntlet (occasionally spelled gantlet) may mean: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Logo en:Wiktionary Wiktionary is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (including thesaurus and lexicon) in every language. ...

  • Gauntlet (gloves), protective gloves used as a form of armour.
  • Gauntlet (arcade game), a video game originally produced in 1985 by Atari Games.
  • Gauntlet (body piercing store) founded by Jim Ward that pioneered the field of body piercing.
  • Gauntlet (newspaper), a weekly newspaper published by students at the University of Calgary.
  • Gauntlet (marking), the white markings on one or more of the legs of an animal such as a cat or rabbit, making them look like they have a long white glove on. Other examples of these leg markings are the sock and the glove; all three are defined by their different lengths.
  • Gauntlet (proxy server)
  • SA-15 Gauntlet, Soviet surface-to-air missile.
  • Gantlet track, a section of two railroad tracks that overlap to allow them to pass a narrow bridge or tunnel in little more than the space of one track.
  • Running the Gauntlet refers to a corporal punishment in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the subject, who is forced to run between them.
  • Gloster Gauntlet, a British biplane in active service in the 1930s and 1940s.

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