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Definition of Saddle hackle
1. Noun. A long narrow feather on the back (saddle) of a domestic fowl.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Saddle Hackle
Literary usage of Saddle hackle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Book of poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"The flat of the wings and the saddle-hackle must be of the same bright colour as
the neck-hackle, the saddle-hackle covering the wing-points and falling on ..."
2. Moubray's Treatise on Domestic and Ornamental Poultry: A Practical Guide to by John Lawrence, L. A. Meall, F. R. Horner (1854)
"... they are however enveloped almost to the very ends by the saddle hackle and
back feathers, which rising gradually one above another sweep backwards over ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... and saddle-hackle*, according to their situation ; the former are stouter and
stronger than the latter. Many different colors are found, as black, ..."
4. Book of the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1904)
"The proper meaning of the word is a "feather" from the neck or saddle of the
cock, and known as a " neck-hackle," or a " saddle-hackle," as the case may be. ..."
5. Book of the Black Bass, Comprising Its Complete Scientific and Life History by James Alexander Henshall (1881)
"The proper meaning of the word is a "feather" from the neck or saddle of the
cock, and known as a "neck-hackle," or a "saddle-hackle," as the case may be. ..."
6. Book of the Black Bass by James Alexander Henshall (1881)
"The proper meaning of the word is a "feather" from the neck or saddle of the
cock, and known as a "neck-hackle," or a "saddle-hackle," as the case may be. ..."
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