Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Keckle \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.

Keckling \Kec"kling\, n.
   Old rope or iron chains wound around a cable. See {Keckle},
   v. t.