English Dictionary: keckled | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Keckle \Kec"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Keckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Keckling}.] (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. --Totten. |