Definitions for herl

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herl herl

Spelling: [hurl]

IPA: /hɜrl/

Herl is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in herl (ehlr).

Definitions for herl

noun

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

Origin of herl

1300-50; Middle English; cognate with Middle Low German herle, harle, Low German harl fibre, hair of flax or hemp

Examples for herl

Finish body with herl (D) wound tight against the back of the wings.

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

The tumult for herl Constant touch with the active, the gay!

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