hackle
1[ hak-uhl ]
/ ˈhæk əl /
noun
verb (used with object), hack·led, hack·ling.
Angling. to equip with a hackle.
to comb, as flax or hemp.
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Idioms for hackle
raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
Origin of hackle
11400–50; late Middle English hakell;see heckle
OTHER WORDS FROM hackle
hackler, nounWords nearby hackle
hack hammer, hack house, hackie, hacking, hacking jacket, hackle, hackleback, hackle fly, hackles, hackly, hackman
Definition for hackle (2 of 2)
hackle2
[ hak-uhl ]
/ ˈhæk əl /
verb (used with object), hack·led, hack·ling.
to cut roughly; hack; mangle.
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British Dictionary definitions for hackle
hackle
/ (ˈhækəl) /
noun
any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds
angling
- parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real fly
- short for hackle fly
a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments
a steel flax comb
verb (tr)
to comb (flax) using a hackle
See also hackles
Derived forms of hackle
hackler, nounWord Origin for hackle
C15: hakell, probably from Old English; variant of heckle; see hatchel
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