gantlet

gantlet
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gantlet — gantlet1 [gônt′lit, gänt′lit, gant′lit] n. [earlier gantlope < Swed gatlopp, a running down a lane < gata, lane (akin to Ger gasse: see GAIT) + lopp, a run, akin to LEAP] 1. a) a former military punishment in which the offender had to run… …   English World dictionary

  • Gantlet — Gant let, n. A glove. See {Gauntlet}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gantlet — GANTLÉT s. n. mănuşă pentru armură, acoperită cu lame de fier. (< fr., engl. gantelet) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • gantlet — see GAUNTLET (Cf. gauntlet) (1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • gantlet — gantlet1 /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… …   Universalium

  • gantlet — See gantlet, gauntlet, gamut …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • gantlet —  , gauntlet  For the sense of running between two lines of aggressors (whether literally or metaphorically) the normal spelling is gantlet, though gauntlet is usually also accepted. For the idea of a glove thrown down in challenge, the invariable …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • gantlet — Ⅰ. gant·let1 (gônt’lĭt, gänt’ ) n. ▸ A section of double railroad tracks formed by the temporary convergence of two otherwise parallel tracks in such a way that each set remains independent while traversing the same ground, affording passage at a …   Word Histories

  • gantlet — US var. of GAUNTLET(2). * * * gantlet obs. form of gauntlet …   Useful english dictionary

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