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Gantlet

Gantlet Definition And Meaning
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}.

Gantlet Definition And Meaning

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:

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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