kneck
English
Etymology
Uncertain.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Noun
kneck (plural knecks)
- (Britain, nautical) The twisting of a rope or cable, as it is running out.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for kneck in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)