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
Lemuel	LEM-yoo-əl (English)	Biblical, Mormon, Biblical Hebrew
Helka	HEL-kah	Finnish
AmÉRica	ah-ME-ree-kah (Spanish)	Spanish, Portuguese
Rogier	ro-KHEER	Dutch
Cummins	['kʌminz]
Tshering	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese