Hackle means: An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. Related words include feather or plume. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how to use Hackle in practice.
Hackle meaning
- An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
- One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
- A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
Example types with hackle
Below, the same example sentences are grouped by length and sentence type:
The feathers of the chest, hackle and thighs are generally shorn completely off. (13 words)
In addition to her parents, Wilkerson was preceded in death by one brother, Ronald “Runt” Hackle. (16 words)
Separating the usable flax fibers from other components requires pulling the stems through a hackle and/or beating the plants to break them. (23 words)
The full dress of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as worn by the entire regiment until 1914, included a racoon-skin hat (bearskin for officers) with a white hackle and a scarlet tunic with the dark blue facings of a Royal regiment. (41 words)
Separating the usable flax fibers from other components requires pulling the stems through a hackle and/or beating the plants to break them. (23 words)
In addition to her parents, Wilkerson was preceded in death by one brother, Ronald “Runt” Hackle. (16 words)
Example sentences (4)
In addition to her parents, Wilkerson was preceded in death by one brother, Ronald “Runt” Hackle.
Separating the usable flax fibers from other components requires pulling the stems through a hackle and/or beating the plants to break them.
The feathers of the chest, hackle and thighs are generally shorn completely off.
The full dress of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as worn by the entire regiment until 1914, included a racoon-skin hat (bearskin for officers) with a white hackle and a scarlet tunic with the dark blue facings of a Royal regiment.
Common combinations with hackle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hackle and 3×