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Definition of Keckle
1. v. i. & n. See Keck,
2. v. t. 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.
Definition of Keckle
1. Verb. (nautical) To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keckle
1. to wind with rope to prevent chafing [v -LED, -LING, -LES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keckle
Literary usage of Keckle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... I'll gar ye keckle, If ye'll gae dance the Bob o' Dunblane." " And there he
first spyd Child Morice Kaming his yellow hair." Scottish Song. ..."
2. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"... that Mrs. keckle, when I spoke to her — saying, ' A bit pluff with the box
there, on the left curls/ (in the way of a parenthesis,) — wouldna feel a ..."
3. Library of Choice Literature and Encyclopaedia of Universal Authorship by Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon (1893)
"intil the room; and the same being stuck into the finger-hole of a buffet-stool,
I set myself to dress and fribble with my new wig, and Mrs. keckle the ..."
4. Stanley Buxton: Or, The Schoolfellows by John Galt (1833)
""But, Mrs. keckle, there's something no' right yonder; ... For all that, Mrs.
keckle, the bark may be the best of her; for 1 never heard that your beauties ..."
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