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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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See Keckle, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]