Heck

[hek] or [hɛk]

Definition

(n.) The bolt or latch of a door.

(n.) A rack for cattle to feed at.

(n.) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door.

(n.) A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

(n.) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.

(n.) A bend or winding of a stream.

Checked by Llewellyn

Definition

n. (Scot.) a rack in a stable for hay &c.: a grated contrivance for catching fish: a contrivance in a spinning-wheel and also in a warping-mill by which the yarn or thread is guided to the reels.—Live at heck and manger to be in very comfortable quarters.

Edited by Lelia