Hackle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Hackle	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Hackle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hackle n long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants v comb with a heckle; "heckle hemp or flax" [syn: heckle, hackle, hatchel]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackle \Hac"kle\, n. [See {Heckle}, and cf. {Hatchel}.] 1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel. 2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk. 3. 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. 4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hackle \Hac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hackling}.] 1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel. 2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces. The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (?; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h[84]kla, and prob. to E. hook. See {Hook}, and cf. {Hackle}, {Heckle}.] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also {hackle} and {heckle}.