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Definitions of keelhauled in various dictionaries:
verb - to rebuke severely
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Mar 21 2017 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Jun 11 2015 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
Oct 22 2005 The Times - Concise |
May 1 2005 The Times - Cryptic |
May 18 2004 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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Simple past tense and past participle of keelhaul. |
punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern. |
Punish (someone) by dragging them through the water under the keel of a ship, either across the width or from bow to stern. |
Keelhauled might refer to |
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Keelhauling (Dutch kielhalen; "to drag along the keel"; German Kielholen; Swedish kölhalning; Danish kølhaling; Norwegian kjølhaling) is a form of punishment and potential execution once meted out to sailors at sea. The sailor was tied to a line that is looped beneath the vessel, thrown overboard on one side of the ship, and dragged under the ship's keel, either from one side of the ship to the other, or the length of the ship (from bow to stern). * The common supposition is that keelhauling amounted to a sentence of either death by extreme torture, or minimally a physical trauma likely to permanently maim. The hull of the ship was usually covered in barnacles and other marine growth, and thus, keelhauling would typically result in serious lacerations, of which the victim could later suffer infection and scarring. If the victim was dragged slowly, his weight might lower him sufficiently to miss the barnacles, but this method would frequently result in his drowning. There was also a risk |