Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantelope
Literary usage of Gantelope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"GAN'TLET, ns ) ruption of the former, gantelope, n. ». ... gantelope, in the land
service. When a soldier is sentenced to run the ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
".The gantelope, "a military punishment, in which the criminal, running between
the ranks, receives a lash from each man. ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"In the phrase to. run :the gauntlet the word is a corruption of gantelope, arising
from the possibility of thus giving meaning to .the term in E. ears, ..."
4. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"C) Illustrations of the wooden horse, gantelope, and other military punishments,
are figure-.! in Fleming's ..."
5. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"GAN'TLET, ns ) ruption of the former, gantelope, n. ». ... gantelope, in the land
service. When a soldier is sentenced to run the ..."
6. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
".The gantelope, "a military punishment, in which the criminal, running between
the ranks, receives a lash from each man. ..."
7. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"In the phrase to. run :the gauntlet the word is a corruption of gantelope, arising
from the possibility of thus giving meaning to .the term in E. ears, ..."
8. The British Army: Its Origin, Progress, and Equipment by James Sibbald David Scott, Sibbald David Scott (1868)
"C) Illustrations of the wooden horse, gantelope, and other military punishments,
are figure-.! in Fleming's ..."
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