- one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster.
- hackles,
- the erectile hair on the back of an animal's neck: At the sound of footsteps, the dog raised her hackles.
- anger, especially when aroused in a challenging or challenged manner: with one's hackles up.
- Angling.
- the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird.
- hackle fly.
- a comb for dressing flax or hemp.
- to equip with a hackle.
- to comb, as flax or hemp.
- to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles.
- any of the long slender feathers on the necks of poultry and other birds
- angling
- parts of an artificial fly made from hackle feathers, representing the legs and sometimes the wings of a real fly
- short for hackle fly
- a feathered ornament worn in the headdress of some British regiments
- a steel flax comb
- to comb (flax) using a hackle
