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Definition of Gantlet

Gantlet
Gantlet Gant"let, n. [Gantlet is corrupted fr. gantlope; gantlope is for gatelope, Sw. gatlopp, orig., a running down a lane; gata street, lane + lopp course, career, akin to l["o]pa to run. See Gate a way, and Leap.] A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed. To run the gantlet, to suffer the punishment of the gantlet; hence, to go through the ordeal of severe criticism or controversy, or ill-treatment at many hands. Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights. --Palfrey. Note: Written also, but less properly, gauntlet.
Gantlet
Gantlet Gant"let, n. A glove. See Gauntlet.

Meaning of Gantlet from wikipedia

- Look up gantlet, gauntlet, or gauntlets in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gauntlet or the gauntlet may refer to: Gauntlet (glove), protective gloves...
- Both senses of gauntlet had the variant spelling gantlet. For the punishment, the spelling gantlet is preferred in American English usage guides by Bryan...
- Gauntlet track or interlaced track (also gantlet track) is an arrangement in which railway tracks run parallel on a single track bed and are interlaced...
- Run the Gantlet (1968–1986) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and noted sire. He was out of the mare First Feather, whom owner Paul Mellon...
- 2011). "Young-adult sensation The Maze Runner gets ready to run the movie gantlet (Updated)". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 5, 2012. "Maze Runner...
- 2011). "Young-adult sensation The Maze Runner gets ready to run the movie gantlet (Updated)". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November...
- male captives were usually received with blows, p****ing through a kind of gantlet as they were brought into the community. All captives, regardless of their...
- "Young-adult sensation 'The Maze Runner' gets ready to run the movie gantlet (Updated)". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 5, 2012. "Maze Runner...
- 2011). "Young-adult sensation The Maze Runner gets ready to run the movie gantlet (Updated)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 5, 2012. "Children's...
- 2011). "Young-adult sensation The Maze Runner gets ready to run the movie gantlet (updated)". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 February 2012. Wilkinson...