† saddle-hackledadj.Obsoleterare (of a domestic fowl) having saddle hackles.
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combed1562
comblessa1616
gaffled1790
saddle-hackled1855
undubbed1855
1855 Poultry Chron.3 209/2 I consider the really perfect hen-feathered cocks vastly superior in plumage to the long-feathered saddle-hackled.