Keckle /(?)/

Kec·kle

Keckle

v. i. & n.
  1. See Keck, v. i. & n.

Keckle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Keckled; p. pr. & vb. n. Keckling

  1. 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. (Naut.)