gantlope
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gantlope
1640–50; < Scandinavian; compare Swedish gatlopp, literally, lane run, equivalent to gat ( a ) way, lane + lopp a running, course
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Gantlet, gant′let, Gantlope, gant′lōp, 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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Gantlope was the earlier and more correct form of the word now commonly called gantlet.
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The method of punishing by running the gantlope was very exactly defined in English martial law.
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Similar in nature to running the gantlope, and equally cowardly and cruel, was “passing the pikes.”
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Several cases are on record of running the gantlope in Virginia; and an interesting case was that of Captain Walter Gendal of Yarmouth, Maine, a brave soldier, who for the slightest evidence of a not very serious crime was sentenced to “run the gauntelope” through all the military companies in Boston with a rope around his neck.
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