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| gaunt·let [ gáwntlət ] or gant·let [ gáwntlət, gntlət ] |
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military punishment: a punishment formerly used in the military in which somebody was forced to run between two lines of men armed with weapons who beat him as he passed
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| [Mid-17th century. Alteration, influenced by gauntlet1, of gantlop< Swedish gatlopp "passageway"] |
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run the gauntlet to endure attack or criticism from all sides
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