Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Keelhaul

Keelhaul , intransitive verb

[3d keel + haul: compare LG. & Dutch kielhalen, German kielholen. ]

(Nautical) 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. — Totten