Crossword clues for keelhauled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Keelhaul \Keel"haul`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Keelhauled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Keelhauling.] [3d keel + haul: cf. LG. & D.
kielhalen, G. kielholen. ] [Written also keelhale.] (Naut.)
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.
--Totten.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: keelhaul)
Usage examples of "keelhauled".
Her tone was warm and sweet: I don't think our guests realized that Pop had just been courtmartialed, convicted, keelhauled, and restored to duty-on probation.
When I first suspected him of talking mutiny, I should have keelhauled him.
She sliced the offending hand with her dagger, and the captain had the man keelhauled after she told him that the villain had tried to enlist her in a mutiny.
She watched as they keelhauled him, tying his feet to a rope and throwing him off the side of the ship, then pulling him under the keel with a rope that went under the ship to the other side.
He swallowed, wondering if he'd be allowed to wear a spacesuit when he was keelhauled, and asked, "Sir, how far does the admiral want us to jump?
So she got keelhauled and let the super in her building have at her one day while Mom's visiting an aunt.
Now get going before I have you keelhauled for disobeying a direct order!