kackling

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English[edit]

Verb[edit]

kackling

  1. present participle and gerund of kackle

Noun[edit]

kackling (plural kacklings)

  1. A padding made of rope or cord hitched in alternating directions.
    • 1996, The New Bookbinder: Journal of Designer Bookbinders:
      Detail of kackling. The loose end of the thread ( to the right in this picture ) is finally taken under the series of hitches forming the kackling to complete the knot.
    • 2019, Gordon Perry, Steve Judkins, RYA Knots, Splices & Ropework (E-G63):
      These ties not only hold the cheese together but they become a gauge for applying the 'kackling' in the next stage – so make sure that they are exactly 1/8th of the circumference apart.
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