Keckle

Kec´kle


v. i. & n.1.See Keck, v. i. & n.
v. t.1.(Naut.) 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.[imp. & p. p. Keckled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling .]