hockle

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von hockle im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

Silbentrennung

hock·le

Etymologie

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