hulking

Etymology 1

From hulk + -ing.

adj

1. 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. 2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 212
2. Unwieldy.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of hulk

Etymology 2

From hulk + -ing.

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   The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork. 1953, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings (volume 2, part 2, page 513)