KECKLING

Noun

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.

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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