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(v. i.) To haul under the keel of a ship, by ropes attached to the yardarms on each side. It was formerly practiced as a punishment in the Dutch and English navies.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Keelhaul'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​k/keelhaul.html. 1828.
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