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Bible Encyclopedias
Keelhauling
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A naval punishment of the 17th and 18th centuries; consisted in dropping the victim into the sea from one yardarm, hauling him under the keel and up to the yardarm on the other side; is now a term for a severe rebuke.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Keelhauling'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/k/keelhauling.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Keelhauling'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/k/keelhauling.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
