Cockle \Coc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cockled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cockling}.] [Of uncertian origin.] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting. [1913 Webster] {Cockling sea}, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. [1913 Webster]
Cockled \Coc"kled\, a. Inclosed in a shell. [1913 Webster] The tender horns of cockled snails. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Cockled \Coc"kled\, a. Wrinkled; puckered. [1913 Webster] Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. --Gay. [1913 Webster]