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Meanings of gantlet in English

Portuguese
manopla
Catalan
guantellet
Spanish
guantelete

A glove of armored leather; protects the hand.

manopla
Usage of gantlet in English
1
They'd be like gantlet right out, right out the bat, it's true.
The new yorker
2
Kedzie floated into the dining-room and passed the gantlet of the servants.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
3
They have run the gantlet of the years as well as I.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
4
An' they don't aim t' run the gantlet till they have t'.
Raw Gold: A Novel
5
Norine was pleased; she smiled and blushed and ran the gantlet bravely enough.
Rainbow's End
6
I have to run the gantlet of so many curious eyes.
Kindred of the Dust
7
She was perfectly well aware of the gantlet she must run.
Joan of Arc of the North Woods
8
But the narrow path along which Andrew rode was a gantlet to him.
Way of the Lawless
9
They'd be like gantlet right out the bat, it's true.
The new yorker
10
We've got to run the gantlet, and the sooner it is done the better.
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
11
We found ourselves running a gantlet wherein discovery seemed certain.
Under the Andes
12
Waring followed, his mind anything but easy; it seemed to him like running the gantlet.
Castle Nowhere
13
It was well for us the night was dark, else we had run that gantlet.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 4
14
The wind had become violent and irregular; the balloon was running the gantlet through the air.
Five Weeks in a Balloon / Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa...
15
Monty-he's hell on runnin' the gantlet of fire.
The Light of the Western Stars
16
Her pew was third from the chancel; she was but half-way through the gantlet of curious eyes.
Half a Rogue
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Translations for gantlet
Portuguese
manopla
Catalan
guantellet
Gantlet through the time