gantlet: Meaning and Definition of

gant•let

1. 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 (defs. 1, 2, 4).

1. to form or lay down as a gantlet: to gantlet tracks.

gant•let

1. gauntlet.