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   hackle

   /ˈhakl/

   noun

   • 1. erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed: "the dog continued to growl, its hackles raised"
   • 2. a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird.
   • ▪ a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its filaments are splayed out.
   • ▪ fly-fishing feathers collectively: "raising birds for hackle"
   • ▪ a bunch of feathers in a military headdress, for example of a regiment of fusiliers or the Black Watch.
   • 3. a steel comb for dressing flax.

   verb

   • 1. dress or comb (flax) with a hackle: "taking each section separately the student should lightly hackle the extreme ends"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in hackle (sense 2 of the noun)): variant of hatchel.

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   What does hackle mean?

   • The meaning of HACKLE is one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird. How to use hackle in a sentence. Did you know?

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   What is a hackle on a bird?

   • n. 1. Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl. 2. hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog. 3. A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly. To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.

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   What is a chicken hackle?

   • Hackles are the erectile plumage or hair in the neck area of some birds and mammals. In birds, the hackle is the group of feathers found along the back and side of the neck. The hackles of some types of chicken, particularly roosters, are long, fine, and often brightly coloured. These hackles may be used in fly fishing as lures.

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   What is a hackle used for?

   • In its earliest uses in the 15th century, hackle denoted either a bird's neck plumage or an instrument used to comb out long fibers of flax, hemp, or jute. Apparently, some folks saw a resemblance between the neck feathers of domestic birds—which, on a male, become erect when the bird is defensive—and the prongs of the comb-like tool.

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   Hackle can refer to a bird's neck feathers, a comb for fibers, a fly, or a dog's erect hairs. Learn the origin, usage, and examples of this word with Merriam-Webster.

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   HACKLES definition: 1. the hairs on the back of some animals, or the feathers on the back of the neck of some birds…. Learn more.

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   1. any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds. 2. angling. a. parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real fly. b. short for hackle fly. 3. a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments. 4. a steel flax comb. verb (transitive) 5.

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   Hackles are the erectile plumage or hair in the neck area of some birds and mammals. In birds, the hackle is the group of feathers found along the back and side of the neck. [1] The hackles of some types of chicken, particularly roosters, are long, fine, and often brightly coloured. [2] These hackles may be used in fly fishing as lures. [2]

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   Hackle can refer to the feathers on a bird's neck, the hairs on an animal's back, or a tool for combing flax. Learn the meanings, synonyms, and usage of hackle in different contexts.

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   /ˈhækəl/ IPA guide. Other forms: hackles; hackling; hackled. Definitions of hackle. noun. long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants. see more. verb. comb with a heckle. synonyms: hatchel, heckle. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Hackle."

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