Heck /(?)/

Heck

n.
  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.]
  4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
  5. An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine. (Weaving)
  6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]

Phrases & Compounds
Half heck
the lower half of a door.
Heck board
the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.
Heck box
that which carries the heck in warping.

Heck

n.
  1. hell; -- a euphemism. Used commonly in the phrase “What the heck”. [Colloq.]