hackle
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, uncountable)An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
Đồng nghĩa: heckle, hatchel
- 2.
(countable, in plural, uncountable, usually)(usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
- 3.
(countable, uncountable)(fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
- 4.
(countable, in plural, uncountable, usually)(usually now in the plural) By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled.
- 5.
(countable, uncountable)A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
- 7.
(countable, uncountable)A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
Đồng nghĩa: panache, plume
- 8.
(countable, uncountable)Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
- 9.
(slang, uncountable)Pluck; courage or energy.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
- 2.
(transitive)To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
- 3.
(archaic, transitive)To tear asunder; to break into pieces.
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From Middle English hakle (compare the compound meshakele), from Old English hæcla, hacele, from Proto-Germanic *hakulǭ, equivalent to hack + -le. Cognate with hekel, Hechel.