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keelhaul, v.|ˈkiːlhɔːl|
Also 7–9 -hale, 8–9 -hawl.
[ad. Du. kielhalen (with the elements englished as keel, haul); cf. also G. kielholen, Da. kjølhale, Sw. kölhala, app. all from Du.
Du. kielhalen occurs in an ordinance of 1629; the punishment itself is mentioned, in an ordinance of 1560, as onder den kiele deurstricken; abolished in Holland in 1853.]
trans. To haul (a person) under the keel of a ship, either by lowering him on one side and hauling him across to the other side, or, in the case of smaller vessels, lowering him at the bows and drawing him along under the keel to the stern.
[1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 4 To punish offenders..as ducking at Yards arme, hawling vnder the Keele.] 1666Lond. Gaz. No. 112/3 He..caused Blake to be loaded with Chains..and..ordered him to be three times Keel-haled (as they [the Dutch] call it). 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) I. xxv. 231 He ought to be keel-hawled for his presumption. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Donner la grand Cale, to keel-haul; a punishment peculiar to the Dutch. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son I. 203 If I catch any more on board, I'll keelhale them. 1882Standard 11 Sept. 5/5 Two officers of Arabi's army..had been keel-hauled.
Hence ˈkeelhauling vbl. n., the action of drawing under the keel; the fact of being keelhauled; also ˈkeelhaul n., an act of keelhauling.
1753J. Collier Art Torment. 15 Some sorts of curious marine discipline, as the cat-of-nine-tails, keel-hawling, and the like. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 366 Even previous to 1797 the old punishment of ‘keel-hauling’, for slight offences, had entirely gone out. 1831E. J. Trelawny Adv. Younger Son (1890) 450, I was about to treat him with a keelhale. |