An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. / (usually now in the plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.

To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.

plural of hackle

present participle of hackle

simple past tense and past participle of hackle

(fishing, in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.

plural of Hackl

A surname from German.

(slang, obsolete) Having reddish or flaxen hair.

(idiomatic) To annoy or anger someone.