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What a gantelope would she run, when I had done with her, among a dozen of her own pitiless sex, whom my charmer shall never see! —
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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"Ondoubtedly," said Doe, -- "up to the rack, fodder or no fodder: that's the word; there's no 'scaping them consequences; they must be taken as they come, -- gantelope, fire-roasting, and all.
Nick of the Woods Robert M. Bird
missanthropist commented on the word gantelope
A race in which a criminal was required to run in the navy or army, for any heinous offense. The ship's crew, or a certain division of soldiers, were disposed in 2 rows, face to face, each provided with a knotted cord, with which they severely struck the delinquent as he ran between them, stripped to the waist.
Adm. William Smith, Sailor's Word-Book, 1867
May 20, 2008
sionnach commented on the word gantelope
Not to be confused with the gauntelope, an emaciated kind of beastie, or the giantelope, described alternately as its oversized cousin, or - in regions of the country bordering on Nevada and/or Sleepy Hollow - the hastily scheduled marriage of two large residents.
May 20, 2008
mollusque commented on the word gantelope
Don't forget triantulopes.
May 20, 2008
Gammerstang commented on the word gantelope
(noun) - (1) This punishment, which is called running the gantlet, is seldom inflicted except for crimes as will excite a general antipathy amongst the seamen, as on some occasions the culprit would pass without receiving a single blow, particularly in cases of mutiny or sedition.
--William Falconer's Universal Dictionary of the Marine, 1771
(2) From Ghent and Dutch loopen, to run, because the punishment was first inflicted in that place.
--Joseph Worcester's Dictionary of the English Language, 1881
January 17, 2018