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heck door

Heck \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 or Heck frame, that which carries the heck in warping.