hulk

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hulk/hʌlk/

▶noun

• 1 an old ship stripped of fittings and permanently moored, especially for use as storage or (formerly) as a prison.

• 2 a large or clumsy boat, object, or person.

– origin OE hulc ‘fast ship’; prob. of Mediterranean origin and rel. to Gk holkas ‘cargo ship’.