harl

¹

/ hærl; hɑːl /

verb

1. tr to drag (something) along the ground
2. intr to drag oneself; trail along
3. tr to cover (a building) with a mixture of lime and gravel; roughcast
4. intr to troll for fish

noun

1. the act of harling or dragging
2. a small quantity; a scraping
3. a mixture of lime and gravel; roughcast

harl

²

/ hɑːl /

noun

1. See herl
   angling a variant of herl

Derived Forms

• ˈharling, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of harl¹

C18: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

The White Palmer—dubbed with white peacock's harl, and a black hackle over it.

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The Black Palmer—dubbed with black copper coloured peacock's harl, and a black cock's hackle over that, wings, blackbird.

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This man here—this Larry of 1935—tells us that only a mechanism is in the larger cage—which is what we thought, Harl.

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Never once had Tina and Harl been able to stop simultaneously with it, for a year has so many separate days and hours.

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We came to an unoccupied lighted room—Harl's room, though I did not know it then.

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