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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hack•le1 /ˈhækəl/USA pronunciation n., v., -led, -ling. n. [countable] - Birdsthe neck feathers of a male bird, as the domestic rooster.
- hackles, [plural]
- Zoologyhairs on the back of an animal's neck that can be made to stand up straight.
Idioms- raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hack•le1 (hak′əl),USA pronunciation n., v., -led, -ling. n. - one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster.
- hackles:
- Zoologythe erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck:At the sound of footsteps, the dog raised her hackles.
- anger, esp. when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner:with one's hackles up.
- [Angling.]
- the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird. See diag. under fly 2.
- See hackle fly.
- a comb for dressing flax or hemp.
- Idioms raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger:Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
v.t. - [Angling.]to equip with a hackle.
- to comb, as flax or hemp.
Also, hatchel, heckle (for defs. 5, 8). - 1400–50; late Middle English hakell; see heckle
- to cut roughly;
hack;
mangle.
- 1570–80; hack1 + -le; cognate with Middle Dutch hakkelen
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hackle /ˈhækəl/ n - any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds
- parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real fly
- a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments
- a steel flax comb
vb (transitive)- to comb (flax) using a hackle
Etymology: 15th Century: hakell, probably from Old English; variant of heckle; see hatchel |