English to afrikaans meaning of

gantlet

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "gantlet" is 'n vorm van straf of verhoor waarin 'n persoon gedwing word om tussen twee lyne mense te hardloop wat op hom of haar slaan met verskeie voorwerpe, of 'n uitdaging of beproewing wat 'n mens moet gesig. Die woord kan ook verwys na 'n dubbele lêer van mense waardeur iemand moet gaan, of na 'n handskoen of want wat die pols en 'n deel van die hand bedek. Die spelling "gauntlet" word meer algemeen in moderne Engels gebruik.

Sentence Examples

  1. I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank and, as a necessary part of the machinery, they kept a bell, a big gun, and a fire-engine, at convenient places and the houses were so arranged as to make the most of mankind, in lanes and fronting one another, so that every traveller had to run the gantlet, and every man, woman, and child might get a lick at him.
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