Kec"kle (?), v. i. & n. See
Keck, v. i. & n.
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.