Definitions for keelhauling
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Webster Dictionary
Keelhauling(u)
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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.
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