Keckle, v.t.
To wind old rope round a cable to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains round a cable to defend it from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
Found poetry from the first edition of Noah Webster's
American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
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To wind old rope round a cable to preserve its surface from being fretted, or to wind iron chains round a cable to defend it from the friction of a rocky bottom, or from the ice.
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