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Definition of Keelhaul
1. v. i. To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.
Definition of Keelhaul
1. Verb. (transitive) (nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To rebuke harshly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keelhaul
1. to rebuke severely [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelhaul
Literary usage of Keelhaul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"... to be wanton. keelhaul. (Scand. a«rfE.) Also keel- hale, ' to punish in the
seaman's way, by dragging the criminal under water on one side of the ship ..."
2. Ten Months a Captive Among Filipinos: Being a Narrative of Adventure and by Albert Sonnichsen (1901)
"I keelhaul 'em all. We not possible can be licked! " Then he turned his horse as
if to depart, but once more lowering his head to the bars, he added, ..."
3. Ten Months a Captive Among Filipinos: Being a Narrative of Adventure and by Albert Sonnichsen (1901)
"I knock seven bells out of de damn Yankees. I keelhaul 'em all. ... leading a
hopeless charge against the " damn Yankees " that he wanted to " keelhaul. ..."
4. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Alexander Harvey (1906)
"keelhaul him! " All the time he was jerking out these phrases he was stumping up
and down the tavern on his crutch, slapping tables with his hand, ..."
5. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1907)
"л-— " keelhaul " OUNE" (10 S. vi of Mr. Peters's si in ' Ingoldsby L« " vague
informat which i Is adopted on t-lii "cobbing." In a recently p do Mogor,' by ..."
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