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.
An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.
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 frame, that which carries the heck in warping.
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