gunner's daughter

gunner's daughter

obsolete A cannon or other such armament used on a naval vessel, to which seamen were bound so as to receive lashings during corporal punishment. (Usually used with the verbs "marry", "kiss", or "hug".) I was forced to marry the gunner's daughter for attempting to bring about a mutiny on the ship.
See also: daughter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • gunner
  • kiss the gunner's daughter
  • marry the gunner's daughter
  • hash cannon
  • cannon
  • cannon fodder
  • top up
  • weaker vessel
  • ordinary
  • in ordinary
References in periodicals archive
"And 'marrying the gunner's daughter' is an old naval punishment where sailors were put over a cannon and whipped.
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