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What (who) is hackle - definition

CLIPPED FEATHER PLUME ATTACHED TO A MILITARY HEADDRESS

Black Hackle

hackle

¦ noun

1. (hackles) erectile hairs along an animal's back, which rise when it is angry or alarmed.

2. a long, narrow feather on the neck or saddle of a domestic cock or other bird.

3. Fishing a feather wound around a fishing fly so that its filaments are splayed out.

4. a bunch of feathers in a military headdress.

5. a steel comb for dressing flax.

¦ verb dress (flax) with a hackle.

Phrases

make someone's hackles rise make someone angry or indignant.

Origin

ME: var. of obs. hatchel, of W. Gmc origin.

hackle

v. a.

1.

Cut (clumsily), hew, chop, hack, haggle, mangle.

2.

Hatchel, dress (flex).

Hackle

·vt To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

II. Hackle ·noun Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

III. Hackle ·noun An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

IV. Hackle ·noun A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, ·etc.; a hatchel.

V. Hackle ·vt To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

VI. Hackle ·noun 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.

Wikipedia

Hackle

The hackle is a clipped plume or short spray of coloured feathers that is attached to a military headdress, with different colours being associated with particular regiments.

In the British Army and the armies of some Commonwealth countries, the hackle is worn by some infantry regiments, especially those designated as fusilier regiments and those with Scottish and Northern Irish origins.

The modern hackle has its origins in a much longer plume, originally referred to by its Scots name, heckle, which was commonly attached to the feather bonnet worn by Highland regiments (now usually only worn by drummers, pipers and bandsmen). The smaller version originated in a regimental emblem adopted by the 42nd Royal Highland Regiment, to be worn in the sun helmet issued in hot-weather postings from the 1870s.

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Examples of use of hackle

1. The Red Hackle Pipes and Drums band, directed by Scottish–born Sandy Hain, 76, has fared well attracting newcomers.

2. The dark triangles of their dorsal fins sliced through the surface of the water, touching ancient nerves and causing hackle–raising nightmares in all who saw them.

3. An unorthodox marriage of surf music and punk rock, their sound was characterised by Black‘s bristling lyrics and hackle–raising caterwaul, Kim Deal‘s whispered harmonies and waspy basslines, Joey Santiago‘s fragile guitar, and the persistent flush of David Lovering‘s drums.