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HACKLE [7 records]

Record 1 2019-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
  • Hats and Millinery
DEF

A bundle of feathers worn on the headdress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
  • Chapellerie
DEF

Grande plume ou bouquet, touffe de plumes sur une coiffure militaire.

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

a) The part of an artificial fly corresponding to the legs of an insect, made from feathers from the neck of a rooster. b) A hackle fly.

CONT

The silk was used for tying and as a body material, while the hackle from a chicken's neck could be wound round the hook shank to form a hackle or wing and so give a rough resemblance to a natural fly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Plume servant au montage des mouches.

CONT

La mouche sèche fait davantage appel aux hackles de jeune coq ...

Spanish

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Record 3 1984-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Poultry Production

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des volailles
DEF

plumes couvrant les reins.

Spanish

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Record 4 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
OBS

--the device used to clean bast fibers such as flax, hemp, etc. Iron teeth are set in a board so that the stock may be combed for line fibers and tow fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
OBS

--instrument consistant d'ordinaire en une sorte de peigne qui sert à sérancer [peigner] les tiges rouies de chanvre ou de lin. (On dit aussi sérançoir).

Spanish

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Record 5 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
OBS

--the device used to clean bast fibers such as flax, hemp, etc. Iron teeth are set in a board so that the stock may be combed for line fibers and tow fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
OBS

--sorte de peigne à affiner le lin et le chanvre.

Spanish

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Record 6 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
OBS

the device used to clean bast fibers such as flax, hemp, etc. Iron teeth are set in a board so that the stock may be combed for line fibers and tow fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
OBS

dér. [de regayer: peigner (le chanvre) pour le débarrasser de ses impuretés] regayoir peigne à regayer le chanvre.

Spanish

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Record 7 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Bast Fibres (Textiles)
DEF

to comb, as flax or hemp. Also, hatchel, heckle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Fibres textiles libériennes
DEF

peigner (le chanvre) pour le débarrasser de ses impuretés

Spanish

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