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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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..
Gyve :: Gyve (n.) A shackle; especially, one to confine the legs; a fetter..
Shackle :: Shackle (n.) A fetterlike band worn as an ornament.
Hackle :: 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..
Loose :: Loose (a.) To untie or unbind; to free from any fastening; to remove the shackles or fastenings of; to set free; to relieve.
Trammel :: Trammel (n.) A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making him amble.
Heckle :: Heckle (n. & v. t.) Same as Hackle.
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars..
Shackle :: Shackle (v. t.) To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain..
Empty :: Empty (superl.) Containing nothing; not holding or having anything within; void of contents or appropriate contents; not filled; -- said of an inclosure, as a box, room, house, etc.; as, an empty chest, room, purse, or pitcher; an empty stomach; empty shackles..
Shacklock :: Shacklock (n.) A sort of shackle.
Bond :: Bond (n.) That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle..
Coupler :: Coupler (n.) One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk..
Unbind :: Unbind (v. t.) To remove a band from; to set free from shackles or fastenings; to unite; to unfasten; to loose; as, unbind your fillets; to unbind a prisoner's arms; to unbind a load..
Gyve :: Gyve (v. t.) To fetter; to shackle; to chain.
Jew''s-harp :: Jew's-harp (n.) The shackle for joining a chain cable to an anchor.
Trammel :: Trammel (v. t.) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.
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