noun
- a variant spelling of gauntlet; a form of punishment in which a person runs between two lines of people who strike them as they pass
Usage: archaic or historical; also spelled 'gauntlet' in modern usage
Examples
- The soldier was forced to run the gantlope as punishment for his desertion.
- In historical accounts, prisoners sometimes had to endure the gantlope as a form of military discipline.
- The term 'gantlope' appears in older texts describing harsh military punishments.