单词 | gantlet |
释义 | gantlet gantlet1 /gant"lit, gawnt"-/, n. 1. Railroads. a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at all times. 2. gauntlet2 (defs. 1, 2, 4). v.t. 3. Railroads. to form or lay down as a gantlet: to gantlet tracks. Also, gauntlet (for defs. 1, 3). [1900-05; var. of GANTLOPE] gantlet2 —gantleted, adj. /gant"lit, gawnt"-/, n. gauntlet1. |
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