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gantlope

/gant-lohp/US // ˈgænt loʊp //

大纲,裤裆,裤衩,裤带

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaic.

    • : gauntlet.

Examples

  • The method of punishing by running the gantlope was very exactly defined in English martial law.

  • Similar in nature to running the gantlope, and equally cowardly and cruel, was “passing the pikes.”

  • Gantlope was the earlier and more correct form of the word now commonly called gantlet.

  • Running the gantlope was a military punishment in universal use in the seventeenth century in England and on the continent.