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GAUNTLET (a diminutive of the Fr. gant, glove)

This article appears in Volume V11, Page 534 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: GAG-GEO
GAUNTLET (a diminutive of the Fr. gant, glove) , a large form of
glove
 , and especially the steel-plated
glove
  of medieval
armour
 . To " run the gauntlet," i.e. to run between two rows of men who, armed with sticks, rope-ends or other weapons, beat and strike at the person so running, was formerly a
punishment
  for military and naval offences. It was abolished in the Prussian army by Scharnhorst. As a method of torturing prisoners, it was employed among the
North
  American Indians. " Gauntlet " (earlier " gantlet ") in this expression is a corruption of " gantlope," from a Swedish gatlope, from gate,
lane
 , and lopp, a course (cf. Ger. gassenlaufen, to run the gauntlet). According to the New
English
  Dictionary the word became
familiar
  in
England
  at the time of the Thirty Years' War.


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