How to pronounce hackle
American English pronunciation
HAK-ul
- IPA
- /ˈhækəl/
- Syllables
- HAK · ul (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What hackle means
Most people know hackle in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A board of steel pins used to comb out flax fibers
In a sentence: In the old mill, workers pulled bundles of flax through a hackle until the fibers were smooth and straight.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word related to hack. Dutch and German have close cousin words for the same tool.
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