KECKLED

Verb

keckled

simple past tense and past participle of keckle

Source: Wiktionary


KECKLE

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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