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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. <br /> <br />keelhaul <br /> <br />SYLLABICATION: keel·haul <br />PRONUNCIATION: klhôl <br />TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: keel·hauled, keel·haul·ing, keel·hauls<br />1. Nautical To discipline by dragging under the keel of a ship. 2. To rebuke harshly. <br />ETYMOLOGY: Alteration (influenced by keel1 and haul) of Dutch kielhalen : kiel, keel of a ship (from Middle Dutch) + halen, to haul (from Middle Dutch); see kel-2 in Appendix I.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. <br /> <br />keelhaul <br /> <br />SYLLABICATION: keel·haul <br />PRONUNCIATION: klhôl <br />TRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: keel·hauled, keel·haul·ing, keel·hauls<br />1. Nautical To discipline by dragging under the keel of a ship. 2. To rebuke harshly. <br />ETYMOLOGY: Alteration (influenced by keel1 and haul) of Dutch kielhalen : kiel, keel of a ship (from Middle Dutch) + halen, to haul (from Middle Dutch); see kel-2 in Appendix I.