gantlet 音标拼音: [g'ɔntlət]
n . 长手套;笞刑
长手套;笞刑
gantlet n 1 :
to offer or accept a challenge ; "
threw down the gauntlet ";
"
took up the gauntlet " [
synonym : {
gauntlet }, {
gantlet }]
2 :
a glove of armored leather ;
protects the hand [
synonym :
{
gauntlet }, {
gantlet }, {
metal glove }]
3 :
a glove with long sleeve [
synonym : {
gauntlet }, {
gantlet }]
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 [
synonym : {
gauntlet },
{
gantlet }]
Gantlet \
Gant "
let \,
n .
A glove .
See {
Gauntlet }.
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1913 Webster ]
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 .
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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 .
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Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights .
--
Palfrey .
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Note :
Written also ,
but less properly ,
gauntlet .
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1913 Webster ]
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
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