The Meaning of hackle

• (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
• (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
• (v. t.) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
• (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Synonyms

heckle , hatchel

Homophones

hackel , hackl

Rhymes

cackle , crackel , crackle , grackle , hackel , hackl , jackal , kachel , mackall , mackel , mackle , racal , rachal , ramshackle , shackle , spackle , tabernacle , tackle , unshackle , yackel , yakel