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Noun Concept

Categories: Swedish words and phrases, Physical torture techniques, Corporal punishments

gauntlet gantlet running the gauntlet gantelope gantlope

A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim WordNet 3.0

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A form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

To run the gauntlet means to take part in a form of corporal punishment in which the party judged guilty is forced to run between two rows of soldiers, who strike out and attack them with sticks or other weapons. Wikipedia

A form of physical punishment Wikipedia Disambiguation

Form of physical punishment Wikidata

Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal as punishment. Wiktionary

Two parallel rows of attackers who strike at a criminal. Wiktionary (translation)

A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass. Wiktionary

Physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass. Wiktionary (translation)

IS A

corporal punishment

DESCRIBED BY SOURCE

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Nordisk familjebok

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

gauntlet, gantlet

Wikipedia

running the gauntlet

Wikidata

Gauntlet

Wiktionary

gauntlet, running the gauntlet

Wikipedia Redirections

Gantlope, gauntlet (punishment), knittles, Path of Health, run a gauntlet, run the gauntlet, Running a gauntlet, Running the gantelope, Running the gantlet, Running the Gauntlet

Wikidata Alias

gantelope, gantlet, gantlope, Running the gauntlet