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gantlet

1

[ gant-lit, gawnt- ]

noun

  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.


verb (used with object)

  1. Railroads. to form or lay down as a gantlet:

    to gantlet tracks.

gantlet

2

[ gant-lit, gawnt- ]

gantlet

1

/ ˈɡæntlɪt; ˈɡɔːnt- /

noun

  1. a section of a railway where two tracks overlap
  2. a variant spelling of gauntlet 2
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

gantlet

2

/ ˈɡɔːnt-; ˈɡæntlɪt /

noun

  1. a variant of gauntlet 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • Գl· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gantlet1

First recorded in 1900–05; variant of gantlope
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of gantlet1

C17 gantlope (modern spelling influenced by gauntlet 1), from Swedish gatlopp, literally: passageway, from gata way (related to gate ³) + lop course
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Residents fleeing a wildfire in Pacific Palisades faced a gantlet of danger as roads became choked with traffic and fast-moving flames threatened evacuation routes.

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Driving down my quiet street in Laguna Beach felt more like running a gantlet than coming home.

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Perhaps you’re making the neighborhood kids work for their treats by having them run a gantlet of shrieks, fog and strobe lights to get to the bowl of candy.

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Companies have been accused of signing people up for subscriptions without their consent, renewing their subscriptions without notice, and imposing a gantlet of obstacles to anyone seeking to unsubscribe.

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The first “Rebel Moon,” released on Netflix in December, made audiences endure a gantlet of narrative groundwork that’s fairly inessential and recapped here.

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