Hulk

hulk, n. the body of a ship: an old ship unfit for service: a big lubberly fellow: anything unwieldy—often confounded in meaning with hull , the body of a ship:— pl. The hulks , old ships formerly used as prisons.— adjs. Hulk′ing , Hulk′y , clumsy. [Low L. hulk a —Gr. holk as — helkein , to draw.]