Hackled

verb

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.verbTo dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.

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

3.verbTo tear asunder; to break into pieces.

4.adjective(in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.

"a large-hackled fly"

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