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What is the noun for hackles?

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hackle
  1. An instrument with steel pins used to comb out flax or hemp. [from 15th c.]
  2. (plural) One of the long, narrow feathers on the neck of birds, most noticeable on the rooster. [from 15th c.]
  3. (fishing) A feather used to make a fishing lure or a fishing lure incorporating a feather. [from 17th c.]
  4. (plural) By extension (because the hackles of a rooster are lifted when it is angry), the hair on the nape of the neck in dogs and other animals; also used figuratively for humans. [from 19th c.]
  5. A plate with rows of pointed needles used to blend or straighten hair. [from 20th c.]
  6. A feather plume on some soldier's uniforms, especially the hat or helmet.
  7. Any flimsy substance unspun, such as raw silk.
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  9. Examples:
    1. “After harvesting the flax, the workers used a hackle to separate the fibers and remove any impurities before spinning them into thread.”
      “The soldier proudly wore his uniform, adorned with a striking hackle on his helmet.”
hackler
  1. A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a flax-dresser
  2. Examples:
    1. “Under hackler I was treated more like a brute than a human being.”
hacklers
  1. plural of hackler
hackles
  1. plural of hackle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The dog stared, ears flattening, and she saw his hackles rise along his spine.”
      “Her eyes practically exploded with flames and her hair rose a little, like a dog rising its hackles.”
      “Politically incorrect from the title on, this guide to old-fashioned coquetry has raised the hackles of every feminist writer worth her salt.”
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