\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 frame}, that which carries the heck in
   warping.