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gantlope
gantlope Now rare exc. in the more corrupt form gauntlet2. (ˈgæntləʊp) Forms: 7–8 gant(e)lop, 7 gantloop, 8 gauntlope, 7– gant(e)lope. [corruptly a. Sw. gatlopp, MSw. gatu-lop (f. gata lane, gate n.2 + lopp course). ON. had gǫtuþiófr, explained as a thief punished by running the ‘gantlope’. The Sw. ...
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loupegarth
† 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 hi...
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Running the gauntlet
reign of the monarch Gustav III in the 1770s and was abolished in the Swedish Army in 1851
The word in English was originally spelled gantelope or gantlope In the early records of the Dutch colonial settlement of New Amsterdam appears a detailed description of running the "Gantlope/Gantloppe" as a punishment
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goadloup
† ˈgoadloup Sc. Obs. Var. gantlope.1721 R. Wodrow Hist. Ch. Scot. I. App. 102 They threatned..that whosoever gave me a Drink of Water should get the Goadloup.
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gauntlet
▪ I. gauntlet, n.1 (ˈgɔːntlɪt, ˈgɑːntlɪt) Forms: 5 gantelet, gauntelote, 5–6 gauntelette, 6 ga(u)ntlett, 7 gantlet, 5– gauntlet. [a. F. gantelet, dim. of gant (OF. also guant, want) glove = Sp. guante, Pg. guante (gauntlet), It. guanto, med.L. gantus, wantus. The word is app. of Teut. origin, though...
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wattle
▪ I. wattle, n.1 (ˈwɒt(ə)l) Forms: 1 watul, pl. watla (North.), watelas; 4 wattel, 5 wattyl(le, 6 wattill, Anglo-Irish vattill (Sc. pl. vatlis), 6–7 wattell, 7 wadle, 9 dial. waddle, 6– wattle. [OE. watul (not found in other Teut. langs.) of uncertain origin, but app. cogn. w. wætla, (? wǽtla) banda...
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run
▪ I. run, n.1 (rʌn) Forms: α. 5 rune, 7 runne, 6– run. β. north. and Sc. 6–7 ryn, 6– rin. See also ren n. [f. run v. The verbal stem is similarly employed in Fris. rin, Du. ren, G. renn.] I. 1. a. A single act or spell of running. † a near run, a narrow escape, a close shave.c 1450 Mankind 603 (Bran...
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