'Heck frame' definitions:

Definition of 'Heck frame'

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  • 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]