hackle
(noun, verb)
noun
1. long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants
Definition categories: animal, feather, plumage, plume
Sentences with hackle as a noun:
- When the dog got angry his hackles rose and he growled.
verb
1. comb with a heckle
Similar word(s): hatchel, heckle
Definition categories: contact, comb
Sentences with hackle as a verb:
- The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces. — Burke.