v. To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. See keck, v. i. & n.
v. 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.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Nautical, to cover or guard by winding with something.
Same as keck
To cackle; chuckle.
n. A chuckle.
Word Usage
"Miss Becky Glibbans gave a satirical keckle at this, and showed her superior learning, by explaining to Mrs. Craig the unbroken nature of the kingly office."