hockle

[ hok-uh l ]
/ ˈhɒk əl /

verb (used without object), hock·led, hock·ling.

(of a rope) to have the yarns spread and kinked through twisting in use.

noun

the spreading and kinking of the yarns in a rope strand.

Origin of hockle

perhaps hock1 + -le

British Dictionary definitions for hockle

hockle
/ (ˈhɒkəl) /

verb hockles, hockled or hockling (intr)

Northumbrian dialect to spit