herln.
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c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 190 Þe mane of þat mayn hors..Ay a herle of þe here, an oþer of golde.
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a. A barb or fibre of the shaft of a feather, esp. of the peacock or ostrich, used in making artificial flies for angling. Also harl n.1
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a1450 Fysshynge wyth Angle (1883) 35 The body of grene wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of the pecoks tayle.
1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1668) i. xiii. 68 The herle of a Peacocks tayl.
1676 C. Cotton Compl. Angler vii. 64 A flie call'd the Peacock-flie; the body made of a whirl of a Peacocks feather.
1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 295 Peacock's herl alone, or interchanged with ostrich herl.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling vii. 236 Tie on peacock or ostrich herl at the same place.
1884 Longman's Mag. June 179.
b. An artificial fly, of which a peacock herl is the distinctive feature.
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1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. x. 301 Dark-Blue-Herl. The body, black rabbit's scut.
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