a jocular name amongst seamen for the gun to which sailors were ‘married’, i.e. lashed, to receive punishment.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > gun to which sailors were lashed (1) gunner's daughter1821 a jocular name amongst seamen for the gun to which sailors were ‘married’, i.e. lashed, to receive punishment. |
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