gantlope造句

• The term " gauntlet " is derived not from " gauntlet " meaning a type of glove, but from the expression " running the gauntlet " ( originally " running the gantlope " ) which means running between two confining rows of adversaries; " gauntlet " in this sense is a " corrupt form ".
• But it wasn't the Clinton-era " bimbo eruptions " that brought grope back to the mainstream _ it was the Tailhook scandal of 1991, with its testimony from women forced to run a gantlet of groping Navy officers in hotel corridors . ( The Globe, like many publications, distinguishes between gantlet, from gantlope, the punishment administered by facing rows of tormentors, and gauntlet, the glove thrown down to offer a duel.
• Their etymologists make a great case for mere spelling variance, but writers of distinction prefer the judgment in Webster's New World Dictionary and American Heritage Dictionary ( which has a fine usage note explaining the confusion ) : Gauntlet, from the French, means " a glove with a flaring cuff, " which you throw down when you want to issue a challenge or when your hand gets all sweaty; gantlet, without the u, comes via folk etymology from the Swedish-based gantlope, meaning " a course of discipline that you run past guys with clubs whacking at you from both sides ."