keckle

Nautical, to cover or guard by winding with something.

Same as keck

To cackle; chuckle.

A chuckle.

See keck, v. i. & n.

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.

To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.