Hackle (Noun)
Meaning
Long slender feather on the necks of e.g. turkeys and pheasants.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The tom turkey puffed out his brightly colored hackle in a showy display of courtship.
- A distinctive hackle of iridescent feathers adorned the pheasant's neck, glistening in the sunlight.
- The hunter's trained eye picked out the bird's hackle as it bobbed up and down in the underbrush.
- As the bird shook its head, its hackle quivered and rustled softly.
- The taxidermist carefully arranged the hackle on the mounted pheasant, making sure it was perfectly positioned.