keckle Meaning, Definition & Usage

Kec"kle intransitive verb & noun
Definitions
  1. See Keck, v. i. & n.
Kec"kle transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Keckled ; present participle & verbal noun Keckling
Definitions
  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. Totten.

Webster 1913