Etymograph

English

hackler

From hackle + -er.

Formed from hackle + -er

Proto-Germanic *hakulǭ

Old English hæcla

Middle English hakle

English hackle

Today it means

noun A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a flax-dresser

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hackler