keckling (countable and uncountable, plural kecklings)
Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable.
Source: Wiktionary
Kec"kling, n.
Definition: Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t.
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
25 June 2024
(noun) any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
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