hackled
verb
Definitions
To dress (flax or hemp) with a hackle; to prepare fibres of flax or hemp for spinning.
To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or hatchel.
To tear asunder; to break into pieces.
adjective
Definitions
(in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.
Example: a large-hackled fly