Definition of "hulking" in English

adjective

1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.

2. Unwieldy.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of hulk

noun

1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence.

   • The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.