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hack (3)

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hack3 /hak, hæk /
noun
1 Falconry a board on which a hawk's meat is laid.
2 a wooden frame for drying bricks, cheeses, etc.
a pile of bricks stacked up to dry before firing.
– PHRASES
at hack
(of a young hawk) given partial liberty but not yet allowed to hunt for itself.
– ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting the lower half of a divided door): variant of hatch1.