About The Word Gantlet
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Gantlet
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What's The Definition Of Gantlet?
[n] the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times
Synonyms | Synonyms for Gantlet: Related Terms | Find terms related to Gantlet: battle cry | bid to combat | brass knuckles | cesta | cestus | challenge | confinement | dare | defi | defy | dismemberment | double dare | estrapade | gage | gage of battle | galleys | gauntlet | glove | handwear | hard labor | impalement | imprisonment | incarceration | jailing | keelhauling | kid gloves | kids | martyrdom | mittens | mitts | mousquetaire gloves | mousquetaires | muff | penal servitude | picketing | railriding | rebel yell | rock pile | strappado | tar-and-feathering | the gantlet | torment | torture | war cry | war whoop See Also | railroad | railroad track | railway Gantlet In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Gant"let\, n. A glove. See {Gauntlet}. |
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