GAUNTLET

a steel or leather glove; to ‘run the gauntlet’ was an old punishment by which persons were compelled to pa between a double line of their fellows, who struck at them with knotted ropes. 88° 10’ E.), ruined city, near Ganges, Bengal, India; said to have been founded XII. cent.; capital of Mohammedan viceroys and kings of Bengal from XIII. cent.; fell into decay after Mogul conquest, 1575.