hackle

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.
2. (countable, in-plural, uncountable, usually) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.
3. (countable, uncountable) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.
4. (countable, in-plural, uncountable, usually) By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans.
5. (countable, uncountable) A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.
6. (countable, uncountable) A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.
7. (countable, uncountable) A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
8. (countable, uncountable) Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
9. (slang, uncountable) Pluck; courage or energy.

Verb

1. To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
2. (transitive) To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
3. (archaic, transitive) To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

Concepts

concasser

séran

Synonymes

hatchel

comb

heckle

card

curry

🍛

cut

dress

👗

fell

hack

hash

#️⃣

mangle

saw

🪚

sawtooth

serrate

serration

sever

shear

slice

strip

tease

zigzag

comb wool

brush

saw-shaped

carve

chop

clip

Traductions

pettinare

pettine

zerkleinern

munire di penne

rastrillo

pelo del collo

hekel

rastrillar

penne lunghe del collo

mosca artificiale con penne

ξαίνω

λαναρίζω

Bürstenreinigungskamm

sminuzzare

αλιευτικό δόλωμα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈhækəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: hakle

Hérité de ancien anglais: hæcla

Appartenant à néerlandais: hekel

Appartenant à allemand: Hechel

In summary

From Middle English hakle (compare the compound meshakele), from Old English hæcla, hacele, from Proto-Germanic *hakulǭ, equivalent to hack + -le. Cognate with Dutch hekel, German Hechel.