Hackle vs. Hatchel — What's the Difference?

The hackle is a clipped feather plume that is attached to a military headdress. In the British Army and the armies of some Commonwealth countries, the hackle is worn by some infantry regiments, especially those designated as fusilier regiments and those with Scottish and Northern Irish origins.

A comb for separating flax fibers.

Any of the long, slender, often glossy feathers on the neck of a bird, especially a male fowl.

To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel.

Hackles The erectile hairs along the back of the neck of an animal, especially of a dog.

A comb used to separate flax fibers.

A feather, usually from the neck of a chicken, used in trimming a fishing fly.

(transitive) To separate (flax fibers) with a hatchel, or comb.

To trim (an artificial fishing fly) with a hackle.

An instrument with long iron teeth set in a board, for cleansing flax or hemp from the tow, hards, or coarse part; a kind of large comb; - called also hackle and heckle.

To chop roughly; mangle by hacking.

To draw through the teeth of a hatchel, as flax or hemp, so as to separate the coarse and refuse parts from the fine, fibrous parts.

To hack.

To tease; to worry; to torment.

An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp.

A comb for separating flax fibers

One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster.

Comb with a heckle;

(fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather.

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.

A type of jagged crack extending inwards from the broken surface of a fractured material.

A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair.

A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.

Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.

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

(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.

To tear asunder; to break into pieces.

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.

One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, - often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used.

An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.

To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.

To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants

Comb with a heckle;