gantlet

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gauntelett, gantlett, a borrowing from Old French gantelet (“gauntlet”). More at gauntlet.

Noun

gantlet (plural gantlets)

(US) Alternative spelling of gauntlet.

Etymology 2

Modified, under the influence of etymology 1, from gantlope, from Swedish gatlopp (“passageway”), from Old Swedish gata (“lane”) + lopp (“course”), from löpa (“to run”).

Noun

gantlet (plural gantlets)

(US) Alternative spelling of gauntlet.
- 1858, John Gorham Palfrey, chapter XII, in History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty. […], volume I, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, book I, page 481:
  [John] Winthrop ran the gantlet of daily slights from his neighbors.

References

“gauntlet”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.