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herl

[ hurl ]

noun

  1. a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
  2. an artificial fly dressed with a herl.


herl

/ hɜːl /

noun

  1. the barb or barbs of a feather, used to dress fishing flies
  2. an artificial fly dressed with such barbs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of herl1

1300–50; Middle English; cognate with Middle Low German herle, harle, Low German harl fibre, hair of flax or hemp
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Word History and Origins

Origin of herl1

C15: from Middle Low German herle, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

Red Clock,—wings and legs red; Peacock's brown herl, and bright red silk for body.

Twitchbell—inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.

Body greenish herl of Peacock,—ribbed with gold tinsel,—wrapt with red silk,—red hackle over all.

A brown mallard, or dark hen-pheasant tail for wing, a black hackle for legs, and the necessary peacock-herl body.

Wind silk floss (E) over the herl about half way up the hook.

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