The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gunner \Gun"ner\, n.
One who works a gun or cannon, whether on land, sea, or in the air; a cannoneer.
A warrant officer in the navy having charge of the ordnance on a vessel.
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(Zo["o]l.)
The great northern diver or loon. See Loon.
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The sea bream. [Prov. Eng. or Irish]
Gunner's daughter, the gun to which men or boys were lashed for punishment. [Sailor's slang]
--W. C. Russell.tail gunner (Mil.) A member of the crew of a bomber airplane who operates the defensive gun at the rear of the airplane.
Wiktionary
n. (context archaic idiomatic navy English) The gun to which sailors were tied to be flogged.
Usage examples of "gunner's daughter".
In fact you are in serious trouble now, Mr Wellard, without a friend in the ship except for the gunner's daughter, whom you will be kissing again soon.
To kiss the gunner's daughter was to be bent over a gun and beaten.
Bonden told me he thought the gunner's daughter might have it, but when I asked Mr Rolfe, he said he was sorry, he was not a married man.