資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hackle \Hac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hackled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hackling}.]
   1. To separate, as the coarse part of flax or hemp from the
      fine, by drawing it through the teeth of a hackle or
      hatchel.

   2. To tear asunder; to break in pieces.

            The other divisions of the kingdom being hackled and
            torn to pieces.                       --Burke.