kackling

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of kackle

plural kacklings

1. A padding made of rope or cord hitched in alternating directions.

   Detail of kackling. The loose end of the thread ( to the right in this picture ) is finally taken under the series of hitches forming the kackling to complete the knot.

   1996, The New Bookbinder: Journal of Designer Bookbinders

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   These ties not only hold the cheese together but they become a gauge for applying the 'kackling' in the next stage – so make sure that they are exactly 1/8th of the circumference apart.

   2019, Gordon Perry, Steve Judkins, RYA Knots, Splices & Ropework (E-G63)