Read full poem →sand--drift--rocks--rubble of the sea--
the broken hulk of a ship,
hung with shreds of rope,
Dictionary Entry
A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of rigging and equipment, and often put to other uses such as storage or accommodation.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. hulkhogan hulkhulk incrediblehulk oldhulk greathulk blackhulk shatteredhulk prison
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Poetry examples for “hulk”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Heading square at the hulk,
Full on his beam we bore ;
Read full poem →Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Read full poem →Across the moon like a prison bar,
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide.
Read full poem →Poor Keith’s gane to hell to be fuel,
The auld rotten wreck of a Hulk.
And where is our King’s Lord Lieutenant,
Read full poem →The naked Hulk alongside came
And the Twain were playing dice;
Read full poem →Like some proud ship that led the fleet so long,
Beseems to-day a wreck driven by the gale, a mastless hulk,
And 'mid its teeming madden'd half-drown'd crowds,
Read full poem →The naked Hulk alongside came
And the Twain were playing dice;