keckle (third-person singular simple present keckles, present participle keckling, simple past and past participle keckled)
(nautical) To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.
Source: Wiktionary
Kec"kle, v. i. & n.
Definition: See Keck, v. i. & n.
Kec"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Keckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling.] (Naut.)
Definition: To wind old rope around, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains around, to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”
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