kiss the gunner's daughter

obsolete naval Of a seaman, to be bound to a cannon or other such armament and flogged or lashed as corporal punishment. The first mate ended up kissing the gunner's daughter for attempting to bring about a mutiny on the ship.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pearl	[pə:l]
Josaphat	-	Biblical
Aqila	-	Arabic
Minna	MI-nah (German), MEEN-nah (Finnish)	German (Archaic), Finnish, Swedish
Noemi	naw-E-mee (Italian)	Italian, German, Czech, Biblical Latin
Arnau	-	Catalan