[hʌlk], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially for use as storage or (formerly) as a prison

- a large or unwieldy boat or other object
(e.g: great towering hulks of oak, ash, and chestnut)


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Origin:
Old English hulc ‘fast ship’, probably reinforced in Middle English by Middle Low German and Middle Dutch hulk; probably of Mediterranean origin and related to Greek holkas ‘cargo ship’