The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Heck \Heck\, n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also
hack.]
1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called
also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
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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.
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6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]
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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.
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