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keckling

keckling is the present participle and gerund 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 keckling

What is keckling the present participle and gerund of?
Keckling is the present participle and gerund of keckle.

Words near keckling in the dictionary

  1. keckle
  2. keckled
  3. Keckler
  4. Kecklers
  5. keckles
  6. keckling
  7. kecklings
  8. kecklish
  9. kecks
  10. keckses
  11. kecksies

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