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keeldrag

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keel⋅haul

[keel-hawl]
–verb (used with object)
1. Nautical. to haul (an offender) under the bottom of a ship and up on the other side as a punishment.
2. to rebuke severely.
Also, keel⋅hale [keel-heyl] .
Also called keel⋅drag [keel-drag] , keel⋅rake [keel-reyk] .


Origin:
1660–70; < D kielhalen. See keel 1 , haul
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