keckle

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verb

To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.

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Meanings

verbkeckle (third-person singular simple present keckles, present participle keckling, simple past and past participle keckled)

present singular third person keckles · participle present keckling · participle past keckled · past keckled

  1. nauticalTo wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.

    Large vessels should have twelve or fourteen fathoms of service, half of it rounded and the rest plaited and keckled.

    1813, Seamanship, Both in Theory and Practice
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APA

keckle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keckle

MLA

“keckle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keckle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keckle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keckle.

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