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
Bikendi	-	Basque
Walter	WAWL-tər (English), VAHL-ter (German, Polish, Italian)	English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Italian, Ancient Germanic
Filipe	fee-LEEP, fee-LEE-pə	Portuguese
Hylda	HIL-də	English (Rare)
Duran	[də'ræn]
Hokolesqua	-	Native American, Shawnee