marry 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 marrying the gunner's daughter for attempting to bring about a mutiny on the ship.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Paris (2)	PER-is (English), PAR-is (English)	Various
Frej	FRIE (Danish, German), FRAY (Swedish)	Danish, Swedish, German
Eilert	AY-lert (Swedish)	Frisian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Karen (1)	KAH-ren (Danish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, English
Claude	[klɔ:d]
DİDem	-	Turkish