hockle

[ hok-uhl ]

verb (used without object),hock·led, hock·ling.
  1. (of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.

noun
  1. the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand.

Origin of hockle

1
Perhaps hock1 + -le

Words Nearby hockle

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British Dictionary definitions for hockle

hockle

/ (ˈhɒkəl) /


verbhockles, hockled or hockling (intr)
  1. Northumbrian dialect to spit

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