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The word in English was originally spelled gantelope or gantlope, [7] but soon its pronunciation was influenced by the unrelated word gauntlet, meaning an armored glove, derived from the French: gantelet. [1] The spelling changed with the pronunciation. Both senses of gauntlet had the variant spelling gantlet. [1]
Gantlet was the preferred spelling in early use of the phrase run the gauntlet—meaning to suffer punishment by gantlet or to endure an onslaught or ordeal—but gauntlet prevailed by the 18th century. Today, most writers use gauntlet, though gantlet, which is especially common in American English, is not incorrect.
Gauntlet III: The Final Quest, a 1991 home computer game; Gauntlet IV, a 1994 video game for the Sega Genesis; Gauntlet Legends, a 1998 arcade game; Gauntlet Dark Legacy, a 2000 arcade game; Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows, a 2005 video game; Gauntlet (2014 video game), developed by Arrowhead Game studios; Gauntlet (Nintendo DS), an unreleased remake ...
Upon our returning up the hill which we had descended in the attack, we had to run the same gauntlet and to incur the same risk from the flank fire of the Tirailleur as we had encountered before. Numbers of our men were shot down—men and horses were killed, and many of the soldiers who had lost their horses were also shot down while ...
The Unsleeping City will awaken Friday night with a live version of Dropout’s “Dimension 20” at Madison Square Garden. The Dungeons-and-Dragons-actual-play-esque show will feature game ...
The Dawgs have survived stretches like this before. Back in 2021, they faced Arkansas (No. 8), Auburn (No. 18) and Kentucky (No. 11) in a three-week stretch, and won by a combined score of 101-23.
Sarzo had a bat’s-eye view of the career-launching incident, as the bat landed right at his feet, and Sarzo was the band member who pointed it out to Ozzy.
A gauntlet is a type of glove that protects the hand and wrist of a combatant. Gauntlets were used particularly in Europe between the early fourteenth century and the early modern period and were often constructed of hardened leather or metal plates.