- gantlet⇄expr. run the gantlet,
a. to pass between two rows of men, each of whom strikes the victim as he passes.
Ex. One of the boatswain's mates ran the gantlet for stealing a shirt (T. Pocock).
b. (Figurative.) to be exposed to unfriendly a - gantlet⇄gantlet (1), noun, verb.
- gantlet⇄gantlet (2), noun. gauntlet(1).
- gantlet⇄noun 1. a former punishment or torture in which the offender had to run between two rows of men who struck him with clubs or other weapons as he passed.
2. an overlapping arrangement of two railroad tracks with the inner rail of each within the ra - gantlet⇄v.t. to lay or arrange (railroad tracks) to form a gantlet. Also, gauntlet.