1785 F. Grose Ginger hackled, red haired, a term borrowed from the cock pit, where red cocks are called gingers.
1839 W. H. Ainsworth I. ii. xii. 346 Somebody may be on the watch—perhaps, that old ginger-hackled Jew.
2014 J. A. Baron ii. 39 A ginger-hackled footman careened to a stop.