单词 | keelhauling |
释义 | > as lemmasˈkeelhauling ˈkeelhauling n. the action of drawing under the keel; the fact of being keelhauled. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > keelhauling keel-drawing1700 keel-raking1706 keelhauling1753 keelhaul1831 1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting 15 Some sorts of curious marine discipline, as the cat-of-nine-tails, keel-hawling, and the like. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 366 Even previous to 1797 the old punishment of ‘keel-hauling’, for slight offences, had entirely gone out. < as lemmas |
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