Associations to the word «Keelhaul»

Wiktionary

KEELHAUL, verb. (transitive) (nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
KEELHAUL, verb. (transitive) To rebuke harshly.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King