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hackled

Variant of hackle

noun

  1. a comblike instrument for separating the fibers of flax, hemp, etc.
    1. any of the long, slender feathers at the neck of a rooster, peacock, pigeon, etc.
    2. such feathers, collectively
  2. Fishing
    1. a tuft of feathers from a rooster's neck, used in making artificial flies
    2. a fly made with a hackle
  3. the hairs on a dog's neck and back that bristle, as when the dog is ready to fight

transitive verb hackled, hackling

  1. to separate the fibers of (flax, hemp, etc.) with a hackle
  2. Rare to supply (a fishing fly) with a hackle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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