hurrock Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈhʌrək)
Also -ack.
The part of a boat between the sternmost seat and the stern.
| 13.. E.E. Allit. P. C. 185 He [Jonah] watz flowen..In-to þe boþem of þe bot, & on a brede lyggede, On helde by þe hurrok. 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. (Camden) 234 O boy, that fled to on of the Flemysch shippis, and hid him in the horrok [MS. C.C.C. hurrok]. 1866 T. Edmonston Shetland & Orkney Gloss., Hurrack, that part of a boat between the after-thoft and the stern. |