Gantlet

['ɡɔ:ntlit]

Definition

(noun.) 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.

Typed by Cedric--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A glove. See Gauntlet.

Edited by Daniel

Definition

n. a glove.

n. a punishment consisting of driving a criminal through a lane formed by two files of men who each strike him as he passes.—Run the gantlet to undergo the punishment of the gantlet: to be exposed to unpleasant remarks or treatment.

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