hackle
v.
fasten a hackle to a fishing fly; cut roughly, chop, hack
hackle
Noun
1. long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
(hypernym) feather, plume, plumage
(hyponym) saddle hackle, saddle feather
Verb
1. comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax"
(synonym) heckle, hatchel
(hypernym) comb
Hackling
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Hackle
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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