hackle
Example Sentences
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The soft hackle makes it a wet fly; you fish it beneath the surface.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 12, 2016
THE DRY FLY is the classic type of artificial fly made by winding a hackle feather around the shaft of a hook to get that buggy look.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2015
What raises my hackle feathers is the insistence of some writers that a given drink must be made with exactly their specified proportions.
From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013
A package of the most popular fly tying hackle for hair extensions, a black and white striped feather called grizzly saddle, would normally retail anywhere from $40 to $60.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2011
Every hackle on his body rose, and he knew that very soon she would, like all of her sisters before her, put to him the death-knell question “Where you been?”
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
