The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Keelhauling — (Dutch kielhalen , German Kielholen ; to drag along the keel ) was a severe form of corporal punishment meted out to sailors at sea.The sailor was tied to a rope that looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and… … Wikipedia
keelhauling — Synonyms and related words: confinement, dismemberment, estrapade, galleys, hard labor, impalement, imprisonment, incarceration, jailing, martyrdom, penal servitude, picketing, railriding, rock pile, strappado, tar and feathering, the gantlet,… … Moby Thesaurus
KEELHAULING — a naval punishment of the 17th and 18th centuries; consisted in dropping the victim into the sea from one yardarm, hauling him under the keel and up to the yardarm on the other side; is now a term for a severe rebuke … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
keelhauling — v. punish a person by dragging him or her on a rope through the water from one side of a boat to the other under the keel; punish severely … English contemporary dictionary
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keelhauled — obsolete drunk It was Dutch practice to drag defaulters under the keel of a boat for punishment, and we still use keelhauling of a verbal reprimand. If you were very drunk, you might look and feel like the victim of a real keelhauling:… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
