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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights.
--Palfrey.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Written also, but less properly, gauntlet.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Gantlet \Gant"let\, n.
A glove. See Gauntlet.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Gantlet \Gant"let\, n.
A glove. See Gauntlet.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
gantlet
n 1: to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet";
"took up the gauntlet" [syn: gauntlet]
2: a glove of armored leather; protects the hand [syn: gauntlet,
metal glove]
3: a glove with long sleeve [syn: gauntlet]
4: 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
5: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run
between two lines of men facing each other and armed with
clubs or whips to beat the victim [syn: gauntlet]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
gantlet
n.
(alternative spelling of en gauntlet)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
gantlet
n.
(alternative spelling of en gauntlet)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
gantlet
n.
(alternative spelling of en gauntlet)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
gantlet
n.
(alternative spelling of en gauntlet)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Gantlet /ɡˈantlɪt/ القفّازFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
gantlet /ɡˈantlɪt/ [Am.] SpießrutenlaufenFrom English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ], Spießrutenlauf [hist.] Synonyms: gauntlet running, gauntlet
gantlet /ɡˈantlɪt/ 1. (bak.) gauntletFrom English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
gantlet /ɡˈantlɪt/ 1. (ask.) elleri değnekli iki sıra askerin arasından geçirilmek suretiyle uygulanan eski bir dayak cezası: iki veya her taraftan hücum 2. üzucu durumlar run the gantlet sıra dayağı yemek 3. birçok kimsenin hışmına uğramakFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈɡɔntɫət/
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 长手套;笞刑