flake4

 
Pronunciation: /fleɪk/
(also fake /feɪk/)
Nautical

noun

  • a single turn of a coiled rope or hawser.

verb

[with object]
  • lay (a rope) in loose coils in order to prevent it tangling: a cable had to be flaked out
  • lay (a sail) down in folds either side of the boom.

Origin:

early 17th century (as a noun): of unknown origin; compare with German Flechte in the same sense