单词 | hackle |
释义 | Word Frequency hackle(ˈhækəl) noun 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. to comb (flax) using a hackle Derived forms hackler (ˈhackler) noun Word origin C15: hakell, probably from Old English; variant of heckle; see hatchel |
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