n. 1 seaweed cast up or growing on the shore. 2 destruction. 3 a wreck or wreckage. 4 = RACK(2). 5 = RACK(5).
[ ME f. MDu. wrak or MLG wra(c)k, a parallel formation to OE wrc, rel. to wrecan WREAK: cf. WRECK, RACK(5) ]
n. 1 seaweed cast up or growing on the shore. 2 destruction. 3 a wreck or wreckage. 4 = RACK(2). 5 = RACK(5).
[ ME f. MDu. wrak or MLG wra(c)k, a parallel formation to OE wrc, rel. to wrecan WREAK: cf. WRECK, RACK(5) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012