"keelhaul" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkiːlhɔːl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkiːlhɔl/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-keelhaul.ogg [Australia] Forms: keelhauls [present, singular, third-person], keelhauling [participle, present], keelhauled [participle, past], keelhauled [past]
Etymology: From Dutch kielhalen (“keelhaul”), from kiel (“keel”) + halen (“fetch; catch”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nl|kielhalen||keelhaul}} Dutch kielhalen (“keelhaul”), {{m|nl|kiel||keel}} kiel (“keel”), {{m|nl|halen||fetch; catch}} halen (“fetch; catch”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} keelhaul (third-person singular simple present keelhauls, present participle keelhauling, simple past and past participle keelhauled)
  1. (transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (punish by dragging under the keel of a ship): kielhaal (Afrikaans), kølhale (Danish), kielhalen (Dutch), kjølhála (Faroese), kjøldraga (Faroese), vetää kölin alta (Finnish), donner la cale (French), kielholen (German), hajó(tőke) alatti áthúzás (Hungarian), kjöldraga (Icelandic), kjølhale (Norwegian Bokmål), kjølhala (Norwegian Nynorsk), kjølhale (Norwegian Nynorsk), kölhala (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-keelhaul-en-verb-Kdg5VLa5 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'punish by dragging under the keel of a ship': 99 1
  2. (transitive) To rebuke harshly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-keelhaul-en-verb-6XC3VeZh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72
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