ALL meanings of hackler
hack·le
H h - noun hackler 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. 2
- noun hackler the neck plumage of a male bird, as the domestic rooster. 2
- noun hackler 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. 2
- noun hackler Angling. the legs of an artificial fly made with feathers from the neck or saddle of a rooster or other such bird. hackle fly. 2
- noun hackler a comb for dressing flax or hemp. 2
- verb with object hackler Angling. to equip with a hackle. 2
- verb with object hackler to comb, as flax or hemp. 1
- idioms hackler raise one's hackles, to arouse one's anger: Such officiousness always raises my hackles. 1
- noun hackler A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a flax-dresser. 1