hulking

adj

1. (not-comparable)Large and bulky, heavily built; massive.

   “A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake.”

2. (not-comparable)Unwieldy.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)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   “The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.”