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Hackle
ˈhakl
Hackle definitions
noun
hackles
hackle
- erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed
"the dog continued to growl, its hackles raised"
- a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird
- a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its filaments are splayed out
- fly-fishing feathers collectively
"raising birds for hackle"
- a bunch of feathers in a military headdress, for example of a regiment of fusiliers or the Black Watch
- a steel comb for dressing flax