Friday 16 December 2016

keelhaul: Word of the day for December 17, 2016

keelhaul , v :
(transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship. (transitive) To rebuke harshly. To mark Koninkrijksdag (Kingdom Day; 15 December), which commemorates the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, we are featuring a series of words of Dutch origin.

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