Definition of hackle

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Hackle (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..

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Pastern :: Pastern (n.) A shackle for horses while pasturing.
Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
Ramshackle :: Ramshackle (v. t.) To search or ransack; to rummage.
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
Palmer :: Palmer (n.) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) The hinged and curved bar of a padlock, by which it is hung to the staple..
Hamper :: Hamper (n.) A shackle; a fetter; anything which impedes.
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..
Heckle :: Heckle (n. & v. t.) Same as Hackle.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..
Hackled :: Hackled (imp. & p. p.) of Hackl.
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person; to bear upon one's self, as an article of clothing, decoration, warfare, bondage, etc.; to have appendant to one's body; to have on; as, to wear a coat; to wear a shackle..
Fetter :: Fetter (p. pr. & vb. n.) To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of with a chain; to bind.
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Hamper :: Hamper (v. t.) To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle; to insnare; to inveigle; hence, to impede in motion or progress; to embarrass; to encumber..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. t.) To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain..
Hackle :: Hackle (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..
Shackled :: Shackled (imp. & p. p.) of Shackl.
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A link for connecting railroad cars; -- called also drawlink, draglink, etc..
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