Hackle

Definition:

  • (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
  • (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
  • (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
  • (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Compare hackle with other words:

hackle vs. shackle

hackle vs. hackled

hackle vs. huckle

hackle vs. hackly

hackee vs. hackle

hackle vs. mackle

cackle vs. hackle

hackle vs. tackle

hackle vs. hockle

hackle vs. strick

hackle vs. routing

asunder vs. hackle

hackle vs. tear

dress vs. hackle

hackle vs. separate

hackle vs. panache

hackle vs. hatchel

hackle vs. heckle

hackle vs. helmet

hackle vs. hat

hackle vs. soldier

hackle vs. plume

hackle vs. hair

hackle vs. nape

hackle vs. neck

bird vs. hackle

feather vs. hackle

flax vs. hackle

hackle vs. hemp