单词 | to run the gantlope |
释义 | > as lemmasto run the gantlope A military (occasionally also naval) punishment in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with a stick or a knotted cord. rare except in †to pass the gantlope, to run the gantlope. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] to run the gantlope1646 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > running the gauntlet loupegarth1637 gantlope1646 wattle-race1839 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten > run the gauntlet to pass the gantlope1646 to run the gauntlet1676 1646 Shaftesbury Diary 11 Apr. in W. D. Christie Life (1871) I. 34 Three were condemned to die, two to run the gantelope. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gantlope (Ghent Lope), a punishment of Souldiers, first invented at Ghent..and therefore so called. 1706 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) VI. 90 The regency of Saxony..caused..400 to run the gantlope, for not doing their duty. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xi. 86 Others [said] that he deserved to run the Gauntlope . View more context for this quotation 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 141 In the Piedmontese service, every offence of this nature is punished with the gantlope. 1807 J. Milner Martyrs i. ii. 51 They were ordered to run the gantelope between the hunters..and were severely lashed. < as lemmas |
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