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Word: hackle
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
- 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.
- from 17th c.
- now|in 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.
- now|in plural One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the cock. from 15th c.
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Verb:
- To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning. from 17th c.
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