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A protective glove, usually extending over some of the forearm, worn as part of medieval armor.

The unmeltable residue left after animal fat has been rendered.

Any of various protective gloves, usually with an extended or flared cuff, as used in certain sports such as fencing and motorcycle riding, in cooking to handle hot objects, and other activities.

The sediment of melted tallow. It is made into cakes for dogs' food. In Scotland it is called cracklings.

A challenge

Armor plate that protects legs below the knee

A dress glove cuffed above the wrist.

A form of punishment or torture in which people armed with sticks or other weapons arrange themselves in two lines facing each other and beat the person forced to run between them.

The lines of people so arranged.

An arrangement of two lines of menacing or demanding people or things through which one must pass

A series of difficult or trying experiences

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.

(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) A temporary convergence of two parallel railroad tracks allowing passage through a narrow opening in each direction without switching.

See Gantlet.

A glove of such material that it defends the hand from wounds.

A long glove, covering the wrist.

A rope on which hammocks or clothes are hung for drying.

To offer or accept a challenge;

A glove of armored leather; protects the hand

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