\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.