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Hackle v. t. (past & past part. hackled; pres. part. hackling)

To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

To tear asunder; to break in pieces. "The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces."

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Etymology of 'Hackle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hackle" Quotes from Famous Books

... speckled beauties are exhibited, lying side by side on the damp moss at the bottom of the basket. The tale is told of repeated casts, under the overhanging boughs, in the shadow of the big rock, where the water swirls and rushes: how the brown hackle went skittering over the pool, or dropped as lightly as thistledown on the edge of the riffle, the sudden rise to the fly, the rush for deep water, of the strain on the rod when it throbbed like a thing of life, sending ...

— Byways Around San Francisco Bay • William E. Hutchinson

Words linked to "Hackle" : hatchel, plume, heckle, feather, saddle feather, comb