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