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Meaning ofhacklein English

hackle

us//ˈhækəl//uk//ˈhakəl//

Pluralhackles
Past Tensehackled
Participle Verbhackling
Third Person Singularhackles

Definitions

Noun
1. feathers on a bird's neck
  The hackle on the bird's neck was fluffy.
2. hair on the back of an animal's neck
  The dog's hackle stood up when it saw a stranger.
3. a fishing lure with a feather
  The fisherman used a hackle to lure the fish.
Verb
1. to prepare flax or hemp fibers
  The worker began to hackle the flax fibers for spinning.
2. to separate coarse fibers from fine ones (using a hackle)
  The textile worker carefully hackled the hemp fibers to prepare them for weaving.