Heck (?), n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.] 1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
5. Weaving An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box ∨ frame, that which carries the heck in warping.
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