Meaning Of The Word Gantlet

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gantlet in American English 1
a former military punishment in which the offender had to run between two rows of men who struck him with clubs, etc. as he passed
noun: a track construction used in narrow places, in which two parallel tracks converge so that their inner rails cross, run parallel, and diverge again, thus allowing a train to remain on its own track at all times

gantlet in American English 2
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gantlet in British English 1
noun: a section of a railway where two tracks overlap

gantlet in British English 2
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