Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗A horizontal door in a floor or ceiling. · A trapdoor. · An opening in a wall at window height for the purpose of serving food or other items. A pass through. · A small door in large mechanical structures and vehicles such as aircraft and spacecraft often provided for access for maintenance.
From Middle English hacche, hache, from Old English hæċ, from Proto-West Germanic *hakkju (compare Dutch hek ‘gate, railing’, Low German Heck ‘pasture gate, farmyard gate’), variant of *haggju ‘hedge’. More at hedge.
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