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hackle

hackle (third-person singular simple present hackles, present participle hackling, simple past and past participle hackled)

1. To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. [from 17th c.]
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the ""Stranger Peoples"" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 155:

     Then, with a smile that seemed to have all the freshness of the matutinal hour in it, she bent again to her work of hackling flax.

hackle (plural hackles)

1. An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]
2. (usually now, in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the cock. [from 15th c.]
3. (fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. [from 17th c.]
4. (usually now, in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a cock are lifted when its angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans. [from 19th c.]

   When the dog got angry his hackles rose and he growled.

5. A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair. [from 20th c.]
6. A feather plume on some soldiers uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.

Definizione dizionario hackle

mosca artificiale con penne

munire di penne

pelo del collo

penne lunghe del collo

pettinare

pettine

Altri significati:

(usually now, in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a cock are lifted when it's angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans. [from 19th c.]

An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]

A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair. [from 20th c.]

(usually now, in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the cock. [from 15th c.]

(fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. [from 17th c.]

To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. [from 17th c.]

A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.