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2)- keelhaul • \KEEL-hawl\ • verb
1 : to haul under the keel of a ship as punishment or torture
*2 : to rebuke severely
Example Sentence:
After being charged what he felt was an exorbitant amount for a glass of orange juice at The Cherry Bar, Winston_Churchill decided to keelhaul Hammer
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on the P-R message board.
Did you know?
In the mid-1600s, British monarchs
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were intent on using their powerful navy
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to expand their empire. Insubordination was not tolerated, and mutinous sailors were disciplined severely
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to discourage others from similar rebellion. "Keelhauling" was one of the worst penalties that could befall a renegade mariner. Although they definitely practiced the gruesome punishment, the British did not invent it -- the Dutch did. "Keelhaul" is a translation of the Dutch word "kielhalen," which means "to haul under the keel of a ship." Even after the practice was banned on European naval vessels in the mid-1800s, the word "keelhaul" remained in English as a term for a severe scolding.
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence