What does "heck" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
2. 3.A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
3. 4.(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.
4. 5.A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.] Half heck, the lower half of a door. -- Heck board, the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box or frame, that which carries the heck in warping.