herle

The blacke louper. the body of blacke wull & lappyd abowte wyth the herle of the pecok tayle: & the wynges of the redde capon wt a blewe heed.

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The eleventh is the shell-fly, good in mid-July: the body made of greenish wool, lapt about with the herle of a peacock's tail: and the wings made of the wings of the buzzard.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

The sixth is the black-fly, in May also: the body made of black wool, and lapt about with the herle of a peacock's tail: the wings are made of the wings of a brown capon, with his blue feathers in his head.

The Compleat Angler : or, The Contemplative Man`s Recreation 1653

Item, To my Lorde 1 herle of Wiltcshire ray great gilt boll with a cover, that I brought out of France with me.

Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical 1812