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(nautical) 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.
Use keckle when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Keckle means (nautical) To wind rope or chains around (a cable etc.) to protect its surface from friction, abrasion, or ice..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Large vessels should have twelve or fourteen fathoms of service, half of it rounded and the rest plaited and keckled.
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