Naut. [app. f. FAKE sb.1, which, however, appears much later. Cf. Sc. FAIK v.1 to fold.] trans. To lay (a rope) in fakes or coils; to coil.
a. 1400[?]. Morte Arth., 742. Ffrekes one þe forestayne, fakene þeire coblez.
c. 1860. H. Stuart, Seaman’s Catech., 62. The chain cables and messengers are faked in the chain lockers.
1875. Bedford, Sailor’s Pocket-bk., viii. (ed. 2), 281. But for subsequent shots the line may be faked on the beach, care being taken that no impediments are in the way of its running out rapidly when the rocket or shot is fired.
