killick

Here he threw out the killick and unwound the line from his fishing pole.

A breeze at nightfall fanned her along, and when her killick went down, the rusty chain groaned querulously from her hawse-hole.

They usually contained a coil of half-inch line for the road, a "killick," and a brace of powder-kegs for the trawls.

Mr Killick, an old acquaintance of ours, supported by his friend Mr Brash, led the procession.