gantlet 1
/gant"lit, gawnt"-/ , n.
1. Railroads. a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at all times.
2. gauntlet 2 (defs. 1, 2, 4).
v.t.
3. Railroads. to form or lay down as a gantlet: to gantlet tracks.
Also, gauntlet (for defs. 1, 3).
[ 1900-05; var. of GANTLOPE ]
gantlet 2
— gantleted , adj.
/gant"lit, gawnt"-/ , n.
gauntlet 1 .