"flog someone round the fleet" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: flogs someone round the fleet [present, singular, third-person], flogging someone round the fleet [participle, present], flogged someone round the fleet [participle, past], flogged someone round the fleet [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flog someone round the fleet (third-person singular simple present flogs someone round the fleet, present participle flogging someone round the fleet, simple past and past participle flogged someone round the fleet)
  1. (nautical, historical) To row a prisoner around the fleet, where he would receive a number of lashes at each ship in turn, as a penalty for serious offences. Wikipedia link: Cat_o'_nine_tails#Flogging_round_the_fleet Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-flog_someone_round_the_fleet-en-verb--7vVhjIE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

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