Found 2 items, similar to hackle.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hackle hackle n : long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants hackle v : comb with a heckle; “heckle hemp or flax” [syn: heckle, hatchel]
English → English (gcide) Definition: hackle hackle \hac"kle\ (h[a^]k"k'l), n. [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.] [1913 Webster] 1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel. [1913 Webster] 2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk. [1913 Webster] 3. One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used. [1913 Webster] 4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers. [1913 Webster] Hatchel \Hatch"el\ (-[e^]l; 277), n. [OE. hechele, hekele; akin to D. hekel, G. hechel, Dan. hegle, Sw. h["a]kla, and prob. to E. hook. See Hook, and cf. Hackle, Heckle.] An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; -- called also hackle and heckle. [1913 Webster]