noun
Origin: ME hechele (akin to Ger hechel) < OE *hæcel < IE base *keg-, a peg, hook > hack, hook: senses 2, 3, & 4, prob. infl. by dial. hackle, bird's plumage, animal's skin < OE hacele
See hackle in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English hakell, cloak, skin, plumage
Origin: , possibly from Old English hacele, cloak, mantle
.verb hack·led, hack·ling, hack·les verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Frequentative of hack1
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