ETYM Old Eng. hulke a heavy ship, AS. hulc a light, swift ship; akin to Dutch hulk a ship of burden, German holk, Old High Germ. holcho; perh. from Late Lat. holcas. Related to Wolf, Holcad.
A ship that has been wrecked and abandoned.

1. Any domestic animal that has lost its home or strayed from its normal enclosure.
2. The act of wandering or going astray.

ETYM Old Eng. wrak, AS. wraec exile, persecution, misery, from wrecan to drive out, punish.
1. A ship that has been destroyed at sea.
2. Something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation.

The remains of something that has been wrecked.