Heck
Heck , noun
[See Hatch a half door.]
1.
The bolt or latch of a door. [Provincial English]
2.
A rack for cattle to feed at. [Provincial English]
3.
A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Provincial English] — 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. [Provincial English]
Collocations (3)
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.
Heck , noun
hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”. [Colloquial]