heck \heck\, n. see hatch a half door. written also
   hack.
   1. the bolt or latch of a door. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   2. a rack for cattle to feed at. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   3. a door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called
      also heck door. prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   4. a latticework contrivance for catching fish.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   6. a bend or winding of a stream. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
hatch hack heck door half heck heck board heck box 
heck frame