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gantlope
[ gant-lohp ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gantlope1
1640–50; < Scandinavian; compare Swedish gatlopp, literally, lane run, equivalent to gat ( a ) way, lane + lopp a running, course
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Example Sentences
The method of punishing by running the gantlope was very exactly defined in English martial law.
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Similar in nature to running the gantlope, and equally cowardly and cruel, was “passing the pikes.”
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Gantlope was the earlier and more correct form of the word now commonly called gantlet.
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Running the gantlope was a military punishment in universal use in the seventeenth century in England and on the continent.
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