hack (3)EnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishhack3 /hak / ▸ 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 16th century: probably a variant of hatch1.
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