Usually means: Twist or coil rope tightly.
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  1. hockle: Collins English Dictionary
  2. hockle: Wordnik
  3. hockle: Wiktionary
  4. hockle: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Hockle, hockle: Dictionary.com
  6. Hockle: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. hockle: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Hockle: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. hockle: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. hockle: FreeDictionary.org
  11. hockle: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hockle: Urban Dictionary

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  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hockle)

noun:  A knob in cordage caused by twisting against the lay.
verb:  To damage cordage by twisting against the lay.
verb:  (transitive) to disable by cutting the tendons of the ham.
verb:  (transitive) To mow, as stubble.
noun:  (Geordie, vulgar) spit, spittle
verb:  (Geordie) To spit.

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