kackling
English
Verb
kackling
- present participle of kackle
Noun
kackling (plural kacklings)
- 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.