He saw no sign of emissary, none to serve for the aforementioned keelhauling.

Keelhauling has become strongly associated with pirate lore.

Should I see such an emissary, I shall most certainly direct him to you, so that he may participate in the keelhauling.

The prospect of participating in a keelhauling - in fact, of being the keelhaulee - grew less and less desirable as Poseidon explained the term.

Punishment of a crewman could mean a lashing or being brigged on rations of bread and water or an inhuman keelhauling beneath a ship.

Another set-piece from the novel of Live and Let Die - the keelhauling - which was unused in the film of the same name, was also inserted into the plot.