I had heard the word, and I knew it stood for a horrible kind of punishment common enough among the buccaneers, in which the offender is put ashore with a little powder and shot, and left behind on some desolate and distant island.

• 我听到过这个词，知道这是海盗们常用的一种可怕的惩罚手段。 受惩罚的人被放逐到某个远离大陆、荒无人烟的岛上，只给他一点点火药和子弹。