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hackle
1[ hak-uhl ]
/ ĖhƦk Él /
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noun
verb (used with object), hackĀ·led, hackĀ·ling.
Angling. to equip with a hackle.
to comb, as flax or hemp.
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Idioms about hackle
raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
Origin of hackle
1First recorded in 1450ā1400; late Middle English hakel(e), hakle āanimal's skin; bird's plumageā; see also heckle
OTHER WORDS FROM hackle
hackler, nounWords nearby hackle
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[ hak-uhl ]
/ ĖhƦk Él /
verb (used with object), hackĀ·led, hackĀ·ling.
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British Dictionary definitions for hackle
hackle
/ (ĖhƦkÉl) /
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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