hockle

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Definition of hockle in English English dictionary

spit, spittle

A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay

To spit

To damage cordage by twisting against the lay

To hamstring; to hock; to hough; to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham

To mow, as stubble

{v} to cut the hoct, to hamstring

To hamstring; to hock; to hough

Hyphenation

hock·le

Etymology

() Probably from hackle, a brush once used for fraying flax, and related to heckle (“to tease”).