( n. )
A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
( n. )
A military punishment formerly in use, wherein the offender was made to run between two files of men facing one another, who struck him as he passed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012