† loupegarth Obs.
[Cf. MSw. löpe gatulop (Söderwall) to run the gantlope.]
= gantlope.
1637 R. Monro Exped. i. 45 Other slight punishments..as the Loupegarthe, when a Souldier is stripped naked above the waste, and is made to runne a furlong betwixt two hundred Souldiers,..where his Camerades whip him with small rods. |