KECKLE

Verb

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



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