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KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON
KAICLING or KECLING
KEDGE
KEEL
Upon an even KEEL
KEEL-HAULING
To KEEP
To KEEP the luff
To KEEP off
Boat-KEEPER
KELSON
KETCH to KNOT
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KAICLING or KECLING to KELSON
KAICLING or KECLING
KAICLING, or KECLING, a name given to any old ropes, which are wound about a cable, with a small interval between the turns, and used to preserve the surface of the cable from being fretted, when it rubs against the ship's bow, or fore-foot. See also ROUNDING and SERVICE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 164, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0753.html