keelhaul in a sentence
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Definition
Keelhaul (verb): to punish someone by dragging them under the keel of a ship, often resulting in severe injury or death.
Crossword clues for keelhaul
Crossword clue ideas and answer hints for the word "keelhaul".
- Punish by dragging underwater near a ship's bottom.
- Severe maritime punishment involving underwater dragging.
- To discipline by pulling under a ship's hull.
- Historic naval punishment often resulting in injury.
- Torturous method of discipline on old ships.
Keelhaul sentence examples
- The pirate captain decided to keelhaul the mutinous sailor as a harsh lesson for the crew.
- In the old naval days, criminals were often keelhauled as a punishment for their crimes at sea.
- As the storm raged, the ship's crew was worried that they might be keelhauled by their captain if they failed to secure the sails.
- Legend has it that the fear of being keelhauled kept many sailors in line during perilous voyages.
- The film depicted a dramatic scene where the protagonist was nearly keelhauled by the villainous crew.