English-Finnish translations for hackle

Definition of hackle

  • An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
  • One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
  • By extension , the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
  • A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
  • Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk
  • To dress with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
  • To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel

Examples

  • When the dog got angry, his hackles rose and he growled

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