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keckled

keckled is the simple past and past participle of keckle.

Meaning of keckle

Verb

keckle (third-person singular simple present keckles, present participle keckling, simple past and past participle keckled)

  1. To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.
    • Large vessels should have twelve or fourteen fathoms of service, half of it rounded and the rest plaited and keckled.1813, Seamanship, Both in Theory and Practice

Questions about keckled

What is keckled the simple past and past participle of?
Keckled is the simple past and past participle of keckle.

Words near keckled in the dictionary

  1. keckhanded
  2. kecking
  3. keckish
  4. keckite
  5. keckle
  6. keckled
  7. Keckler
  8. Kecklers
  9. keckles
  10. keckling
  11. kecklings

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