The Collaborative International Dictionary
heck door
Heck \Heck\, n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack.]
The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
(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.
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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.