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Hackle

noun

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

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"Hackle" Quotes from Famous Books

... given, shall remain firm; and whosoever breaketh it, then give I him God's curse, and that of all saints, and of all hooded heads, and mine, unless he come to repentance. And I give expressly to St. Peter my mass-hackle, and my stole, and my reef, to serve Christ." "I Oswald, Archbishop of York, confirm all these words through the holy rood on which Christ was crucified." () "I Bishop Athelwold bless all that maintain this, and I excommunicate all that break it, unless they come to ...

— The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle • Unknown

... the raven. Its plumage is black and glossy, its neck feathers like a cock's hackle, and the iris white, the latter peculiarity giving it a singular appearance. Many of these birds remained with us at the Depot after we had been deserted by most of the other kinds, and served to fatten an old native who had visited the camp, on whose condition they worked a perfect miracle. ...

— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt

Words linked to "Hackle" : heckle, hatchel, comb, feather, saddle hackle, saddle feather, plumage, plume