run the gantlope

English

Verb

run the gantlope (third-person singular simple present runs the gantlope, present participle running the gantlope, simple past ran the gantlope, past participle run the gantlope)

  1. Alternative form of run the gauntlet.
    • 1757, Regulations for the Prussian Cavalry, page 350:
      When a soldier comes drunk upon the parade, gets drunk when on duty, goes away from his guard without leave, sleeps upon his post, or quits it before he is regularly relieved, he shall be confined, and the day following run the gantlope, without trial, ten times through 200 men.
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