[Public-List] OT: "Gackle your cables"

[Jonathan Bresler]

What does it mean?
Re-reading the Aubrey Maturin series and this phrase is used on page 326 of
_The_Far_Side_of_the_World_ book 10 (
https://www.amazon.com/Side-World-Aubrey-Maturin-Novels/dp/0393308626).
Dont find the phrase in _A_Sea_of_Words_ (
https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Words-Third-Companion-Seafaring/dp/0805066152)
or in other references that I have.

Anyone know the phrase?

-- 
Jonathan M Bresler
S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
Annapolis/Eastport MD