Antonyms for hackle

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : hak-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæk əl

Definition of hackle

Origin : Old English hacele "cloak, mantle" (cf. Old High German hachul, Gothic hakuls "cloak;" Old Norse hekla "hooded frock"). Sense of "bird plumage" is first recorded early 15c., though this might be from unrelated Middle English hackle "flax comb" (see heckle (n.)) on supposed resemblance of comb to ruffled feathers. Metaphoric extension found in raise one's hackles (as a cock does when angry) is first recorded 1881.

As in hack : noun cut without care
As in chip : verb knock a piece out of
As in chop : verb cut up with tool
As in clean : verb make undirty, uncluttered
As in comb : verb arrange hair

Example sentences :

There too is the hackle which is the old device of the De Brays.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

After the first hackle, called a ruffler, six other finer hackles were often used.
Extract from : « Home Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle

Kills well with hackle when the water is slightly discoloured.
Extract from : « The Teesdale Angler » by R Lakeland

The hackle was a board with long, sharp steel teeth set in it.
Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Knowledge » by Various

The body and hackle, when put on, should therefore appear as shown in Fig. 14.
Extract from : « Old Flies in New Dresses » by Charles Edward Walker

The longest fibres of the hackle must be of the same length as the hook.
Extract from : « Old Flies in New Dresses » by Charles Edward Walker

Be sure that the hackle is tied on edgewise with the shiny side to the front.
Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg

Wind the hackle spirally around the body and tie off the butt, Fig. 12.
Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg

But here the hackle is much more important than on the wet fly.
Extract from : « How to Tie Flies » by E. C. Gregg

She could not get into any trouble if she stayed on Hackle Island, declared Darry.
Extract from : « The Campfire Girls on Station Island » by Margaret Penrose

Synonyms for hackle

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