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hulk noun2.
[Late Old English hulc (in Anglo-Latin hulcus), prob. reinforced in Middle English by Middle Low German hulk, holk(e, Middle Dutch hulke, hulc (Dutch hulk) = late Old High German holko (German Hulk, Holk), whence Old French hulque; prob. of Mediterranean origin: cf. Greek holkas cargo ship.]
A large cargo or transport ship (arch.); any large unwieldy boat. LOE.
b. The hull of a ship. M17-E19.
c. The body of a dismantled ship, esp. used as a storehouse or temporary quarters; spec. (Hist.) such a ship used as a prison. L17.
A big unwieldy person; a bulky or unwieldy mass. LME.
M. Gee Rawdon himself was there..a hulk of a man with tall boots.
hulky adjective = HULKING L18.