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Running the gauntlet
Running the gauntlet or gantlet is a form of physical punishment where a captive is forced to run between two rows, a gauntlet, of soldiers who repeatedly strike him.
==Etymology and spelling==
The word originates from (スウェーデン語:gatlopp), from "lane" and "course, running".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=gaunt·let2 also gant·let )〕 It was borrowed into English in the 17th century, probably from English and Swedish soldiers fighting in the Protestant armies during the Thirty Years' War.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-01-04 )〕〔Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2004, "Gantelope"〕〔Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 2004, "Gauntlet"〕〔Word Origins, 2005, A&C Black, "Gauntlet"〕〔Word Histories and Mysteries, 2004, Houghton Mifflin, "Gauntlet"〕 The word in English was originally spelled ''gantelope'' or ''gantlope'', but soon its pronunciation was influenced by the unrelated word ''gauntlet'' meaning an armored glove, which is from (フランス語:gantelet).〔 The spelling changed with the pronunciation. Both senses of ''gauntlet'' had the variant spelling ''gantlet''.〔 The spelling ''gantlet'' is preferred for the punishment in American English usage guides by Bryan Garner and Robert Hartwell Fiske. American dictionaries list ''gantlet'' as a variant spelling of ''gauntlet'',〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=gantlet )〕 while British dictionaries additionally label it American.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=gantlet )〕
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