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Definition of Gantlope
1. n. See Gantlet.
Definition of Gantlope
1. Noun. The military punishment known as running the gauntlet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gantlope
1. a former military punishment [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gantlope
Literary usage of Gantlope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"... are to be recognised by the Phrygian cap, and the eagle, which is either
standing beside him, or carrying him in its talons to Olympus. gantlope ..."
2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Formerly gantlope ; corrupted by confusion with gauntlet. ... gantlope ' is to
run between tv о files of soldiers, who strike the offender as he passes. ..."
3. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle (1896)
"gantlope was the earlier and more correct form of the word now commonly called
... Running the gantlope was a military punishment in universal use in the ..."
4. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Gauntlet came to be used in place of gantlope through the process of folk ...
The earliest citations for gauntlet meaning “gantlope” are from the 17th ..."
5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"... are to be recognised by the Phrygian cap, and the eagle, which is either
standing beside him, or carrying him in its talons to Olympus. gantlope ..."
6. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Formerly gantlope ; corrupted by confusion with gauntlet. ... gantlope ' is to
run between tv о files of soldiers, who strike the offender as he passes. ..."
7. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days by Alice Morse Earle (1896)
"gantlope was the earlier and more correct form of the word now commonly called
... Running the gantlope was a military punishment in universal use in the ..."
8. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"Gauntlet came to be used in place of gantlope through the process of folk ...
The earliest citations for gauntlet meaning “gantlope” are from the 17th ..."
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