Definition of Heckled

1. Verb. (past of heckle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heckled

1. heckle [v] - See also: heckle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heckled

hecatomb
hecatombs
hecatomeral
hech
hechsher
hecht syndrome
hechting
hechts
hechtsbergite
heck
hecka
heckelphone
heckimal
heckle
heckled (current term)
heckler
heckler's veto
hecklers
heckles
heckling
hecklings
hecks
heckuva
heckuva job
hect-
hectagon
hectagons
hectarage
hectarages

Literary usage of Heckled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"They are next heckled, or separated, straightened, and cleaned; ... The heckled slivers of flax are next roved, or converted from a flat riband to a soft ..."

2. Undiscovered Russia by Stephen Graham (1912)
"CHAPTER IX heckled BY REVOLUTIONARIES A GROUP of ragged-looking men were standing outside one of the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Well heckled flax suffers no loss in this operation ... put on a second to the already heckled part, leaving a short length of ЭД or 8 inches to be ..."

4. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"In 1661 it was 8s.; crushed, or heckled, 5s. in 1680; dressed, 8s. in 1703 ; and 6*. in 1724, 1748. Other notices are: 1581.—12 bottles of line, 3s. 1639. ..."

5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1872)
"In the next operation the dressed line or heckled flax, which has been obtained thus far in the form of a number of separate stricks of irregular thickness ..."

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