Definitions for hackleˈhæk əl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hack•leˈhæk əl(n.; v.)-led, -ling.
(n.)the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster.
Category: Ornithology
hackles, the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck. anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner:
with one's hackles up.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Zoology
Angling. the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird. one of the feathers in such a fly.
Category: Sport
a comb for dressing flax or hemp.
Category: Textiles
(v.t.)to comb, as flax or hemp.
Category: Textiles
Idioms for hackle:
raise one's hackles,to arouse one's anger.
Category: Idiom
Origin of hackle:
1400–50; late ME hakell; see heckle
hack′ler(n.)
hack•leˈhæk əl(v.t.)-led, -ling.
to cut roughly; hack; mangle.
Origin of hackle:
1570–80; hack1+ -le ; c. MD hakkelen
Princeton's WordNet
hackle(verb)
long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
heckle, hackle, hatchel(verb)
comb with a heckle
"heckle hemp or flax"
Wiktionary
hackle(Noun)
An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
hackle(Noun)
One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the cock.
hackle(Noun)
A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
hackle(Noun)
By extension (because the hackles of a cock are lifted when it's angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
When the dog got angry his hackles rose and he growled.
hackle(Noun)
A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
hackle(Noun)
A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
hackle(Verb)
To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
hackle(Verb)
To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
hackle(Verb)
To tear asunder; to break into pieces.
The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. uE000126585uE001 Burke.
Origin: *, *, from hakilā. Cognate with Dutch hekel, German Hechel.
Webster Dictionary
Hackle(noun)
a comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel
Hackle(noun)
any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk
Hackle(noun)
one of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used
Hackle(noun)
an artificial fly for angling, made of feathers
Hackle(verb)
to separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel
Hackle(verb)
to tear asunder; to break in pieces
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