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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

/ 藞伞忙ntl瑟t; 藞伞蓴藧nt- /

noun

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

gantlet

2

/ 藞伞蓴藧nt-; 藞伞忙ntl瑟t /

noun

  1. a variant of gauntlet 1
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of gantlet1

First recorded in 1900鈥05; variant of gantlope
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亚洲网紅露点 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 鲁) + 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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The first 鈥淩ebel Moon,鈥 released on Netflix in December, made audiences endure a gantlet of narrative groundwork that鈥檚 fairly inessential and recapped here.

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