What was meant by "walking the plank"?
Correct answer: A death penalty aboard ship
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After seeing a documentary on the medieval times and their horrible ways to torture, I'm thinking pirates did indeed force some to walk the plank.
Castra
Mars V,
Yes,( for those who don't know) keel hauling is the practice of tying up a prisoner and somehow dragging them the full length of the keel, under water of course.
Imagine having to try to hold your breath for that long, plus being dragged over all of the barnacles that live on the hull of wooden ships.
Mars V
Have you heard of keel hauling? Yikes! 😱
Melode
I READ AN ARTICLE IN A HISTORYBOOK ABOUT BLACKBEARD AND IT SAID HE VERY RARELY MADE ANYONE DO THIS.HE WAS A PIRATE BUT NOT YOUR RUN OF THE MULL TYPES. HE WAS A BUT SELFISH ABOUT SHARING BOOTY WITH HIS CREW.
Sofia
I got that one
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Cozzy 25,
Yes, I agree with you. 😎
CondescendingMeter3
Walk the plank also means to ride a Malibu surfboard...."you gotta walk the plank Frank" was from a 60s surfing song "Hanging Five" by Australian group the Delltones.