Definition of hackle Hackle
/hæˈkʌl/ - [hakul] - hack•le
We found 16 definitions of hackle from 6 different sources.
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- hackle (Noun)
An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. - 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.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hackle (n.)
A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel. - hackle (n.)
Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk. - hackle (n.)
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 (n.)
An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers. - hackle (v. t.)
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 (v. t.)
To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hackle
hak′l, n. an instrument with iron teeth for sorting hemp or flax: any flimsy substance unspun: a feather in a cock's neck: part of the dressing of a fly-hook used by anglers.—v.t. to dress with a hackle, as flax: to tear rudely asunder.—n. Hack′ler, a flax-dresser, heckler.—adj. Hack′ly, rough and broken, as if hacked or chopped: (min.) covered with sharp points. [Cf. Dut. hekel, Ger. hechel.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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hackle
A machine for teazing flax. Also, a west-country name for the stickleback.
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