A military (occasionally also naval) punishment in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with…
| 单词 | θ172749 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] > be beaten > run the gauntlet (2) to pass the gantlope1646 A military (occasionally also naval) punishment in which the culprit had to run stripped to the waist between two rows of men who struck at him with… to run the gauntlet1676 = gantlope, n. Esp. in to run the gauntlet. |
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