Definition of "keckle" [kec•kle]

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

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• "Now isn't that stean at any rate -- he hammered it with his stick as he spoke -- a pack of lies? and won't it make Gabriel keckle when Geordie comes pantin 'up the grees with the tombstean balanced on his hump, and asks it to be took as evidence!"
• "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."
• "And won’t it make Gabriel keckle when Geordie comes pantin’ ut the grees with the tompstean balanced on his hump, and asks to be took as evidence!”"