'Keelhauling' definitions:
Definition of 'Keelhauling'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'keelhauling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- confinement,
- dismemberment,
- estrapade,
- galleys,
- hard labor,
- impalement,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- jailing,
- martyrdom,
- penal servitude,
- picketing,
- railriding,
- rock pile,
- strappado,
- tar-and-feathering,
- the gantlet,
- torment,
- torture