harl
/hɑːl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.66 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A fibre, especially a fibre of hemp or flax, or an individual fibre of a feather.
noun
A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, used in dressing artificial flies.
Example Sentences
- "She pushed her fingers under the cream lace, into the ginger harl of spun glass."
- "Should it be desired, however, to run the hackle all over the body, it may be tied on along with the peacock's harls."
- "The east side facade is of rubble, studded with small windows and mannered details, while the harled rear (south) wall forms, as completed, a towering, roughly symmetrical grouping."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Harl