HACKLE

I. noun see: hook Date: 15th century 1. one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird, the neck plumage of the domestic fowl, a comb or board with long metal teeth for dressing flax, hemp, or jute, 3. plural erectile hairs along the neck and back especially of a dog, temper , dander , 4. an artificial fishing fly made chiefly of the filaments of a cock's neck feathers, filaments of cock feather projecting from the head of an artificial fly, II. transitive verb (~d; hackling) Date: 1616 to comb out with a ~, ~r noun