keelhaul

Etymology
From, from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship with the intent of causing painful injuries.
 * 2)  To rebuke harshly.
 * 3) * 2004,, Tempest Down, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin Press, ISBN 978-0-312-30761-5 ; republished New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, May 2005, ISBN 978-0-312-93480-4 , page 404:
 * I've been asking myself the same question and there are two ways to answer it—yes and no. Yes, because he took on a responsibility no one else wanted—for the reasons we've all witnessed—and no because keelhauling him will be five percent about fixing what he may have done wrong and ninety-five percent about scapegoating.
 * 1)  To rebuke harshly.
 * 2) * 2004,, Tempest Down, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin Press, ISBN 978-0-312-30761-5 ; republished New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, May 2005, ISBN 978-0-312-93480-4 , page 404:
 * I've been asking myself the same question and there are two ways to answer it—yes and no. Yes, because he took on a responsibility no one else wanted—for the reasons we've all witnessed—and no because keelhauling him will be five percent about fixing what he may have done wrong and ninety-five percent about scapegoating.
 * 1) * 2004,, Tempest Down, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Griffin Press, ISBN 978-0-312-30761-5 ; republished New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Paperbacks, May 2005, ISBN 978-0-312-93480-4 , page 404:
 * I've been asking myself the same question and there are two ways to answer it—yes and no. Yes, because he took on a responsibility no one else wanted—for the reasons we've all witnessed—and no because keelhauling him will be five percent about fixing what he may have done wrong and ninety-five percent about scapegoating.

Derived terms

 * keelhauling

Translations

 * Afrikaans: kielhaal
 * Arabic:
 * Danish: kølhale
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese: kjølhála, kjøldraga
 * Finnish: vetää kölin alta
 * French: donner la cale
 * German:
 * Hungarian: hajó(tőke) alatti áthúzás
 * Icelandic: kjöldraga
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kjølhale
 * Nynorsk: kjølhala, kjølhale
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: kölhala