saddle hackle
- noun
- Specialized
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hackle de silla
- Fly-tiers often seek high-quality saddle hackle for tying realistic dry flies.
Examples
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The rooster's saddle hackle feathers were particularly glossy and long.
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He collected several saddle hackle from his chickens to use in his next craft project.
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He bought a beautiful saddle hackle for his fly-tying kit.
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The saddle hackles of the rooster were vibrant and colorful.
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Fly-tiers often seek high-quality saddle hackle for tying realistic dry flies.
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The rooster's saddle hackle feathers were particularly glossy and long.
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He bought a beautiful saddle hackle for his fly-tying kit.
Synonyms
A long narrow feather on the back of a chicken near its tail
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Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: it denotes a hackle (a long feather) that comes from the saddle (back) area of a bird. A B1 learner who knows 'saddle' as the bird's back region and 'hackle' as a type of feather can infer this meaning, since it follows a common noun+noun naming pattern.
Etymology
Saddle hackle comes from the long, narrow feathers on a rooster or hen: the word saddle means the bird's 'back' and hackle means the shiny 'feathers' in that area. People who make fishing flies and crafters used those feathers, so saddle hackle now means those long back feathers used for tying flies and decoration.