(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
(slang, obsolete, by extension) A thorough thrashing or mauling; rough treatment.
(nautical) The act by which a person is keelhauled.
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(slang) To arrest or bring someone to the police or authority figures for questioning, etc.
(transitive) To draw or pull something heavy.
(UK) The pulling down of someone's trousers or kegs, oftentimes as a kind of bullying or prank.
(nautical) A sturdy belaying pin for the heavier cables of a ship.