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Definition of Keelhauled
1. keelhaul [v] - See also: keelhaul
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelhauled
Literary usage of Keelhauled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"But I could have keelhauled the wretch, bell and all, when he came to the door
of the little hotel where my prospective audience and I were dining, ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1890)
"... they were shipped for interminable cruises, when they seldom had a day's
liberty on shore ; they might be flogged, ironed, or keelhauled at the caprice ..."
3. Imaginary Obligations by Frank Moore Colby (1908)
"... are strictly necessary to those who come later to the test. You can teach man-.
ners without taking the skin off. To be keelhauled like the young man in ..."
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