meaning of gantlet

1. A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
2.
A glove. See Gauntlet.
3.
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim


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