单词 | keelhaul |
释义 | keelhaulv. transitive. 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. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > keelhaul keelhaul1666 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 4 To punish offendors..as ducking at Yards arme, hawling vnder the Keele.] 1666 London 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). 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxviii. 217 He ought to be keel-hawled for his presumption. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Cale Donner la grand Cale, to keel-haul; a punishment peculiar to the Dutch. 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son I. 203 If I catch any more on board, I'll keelhale them. 1882 Standard 11 Sept. 5/5 Two officers of Arabi's army..had been keel-hauled. Derivatives ˈkeelhauling n. the action of drawing under the keel; the fact of being keelhauled. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > keelhauling keel-drawing1700 keel-raking1706 keelhauling1753 keelhaul1831 1753 J. Collier Ess. Art of Tormenting 15 Some sorts of curious marine discipline, as the cat-of-nine-tails, keel-hawling, and the like. 1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 366 Even previous to 1797 the old punishment of ‘keel-hauling’, for slight offences, had entirely gone out. ˈkeelhaul n. an act of keelhauling. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > keelhauling keel-drawing1700 keel-raking1706 keelhauling1753 keelhaul1831 1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son (1890) 450 I was about to treat him with a keelhale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1666 |
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