WRACK


Meaning of WRACK in English

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 wr‘c, rel. to wrecan WREAK: cf. WRECK, RACK(5) ]

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