HACKLED
Verb
hackled
simple past tense and past participle of hackle
Adjective
hackled (not comparable)
(fishing, in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.
Anagrams
• chalked
Source: Wiktionary
HACKLE
Hac"kle, n. Etym: [See Heckle, and cf. Hatchel.]
1. A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.
2. Any flimsy substance unspun, as raw silk.
3. 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.
4. An artificial fly for angling, made of feathers.
Hac"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hackled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hackling.]
1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by
drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and torn to pieces.
Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition