Keckle (2)

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.