Wiktionary:Word of the day/2016/December 17

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Word of the day
for December 17
keelhaul v
  1. (transitive, nautical) To punish by dragging under the keel of a ship.
  2. (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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