hackle
📖 Definitions
noun
1. Hairs or feathers on the neck or back of some animals that stand up when the animal is agitated.
2. Temper; anger.
3. A comb for dressing fiber.
verb tr.
To comb flax, hemp, or other fibers with a hackle.
💬 Usage Examples
“He’d made her hackles rise faster than a bee’s wings could flap. The gall of him saying he would wait for her to propose to him was shocking.” Amelia Grey; The Duke In My Bed; St. Martin’s; 2014.