Keckle

(kĕk'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. KECKLED; p. pr. & vb. n. KECKLING.] [Perhaps allied to Gr. κύκλος, ring, circle, round.] To wind old rope round, as a cable, to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains round to defend from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice. Totten.