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herl
[ hurl ]
noun
- a barb of a feather, used especially in dressing anglers' flies.
- an artificial fly dressed with a herl.
herl
/ hɜːl /
noun
- the barb or barbs of a feather, used to dress fishing flies
- an artificial fly dressed with such barbs
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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.
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Twitchbell—inside of lightest part of Starling's quill feather for wings, brown hackle for legs, brown Peacock's herl for body.
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Body greenish herl of Peacock,—ribbed with gold tinsel,—wrapt with red silk,—red hackle over all.
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A brown mallard, or dark hen-pheasant tail for wing, a black hackle for legs, and the necessary peacock-herl body.
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Wind silk floss (E) over the herl about half way up the hook.
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