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hulkings

hulkings is the plural of hulking.

Meaning of hulking

Noun

hulking (plural hulkings)

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    • The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.1953, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings (volume 2,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

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Questions about hulkings

What is hulkings the plural of?
Hulkings is the plural of hulking.

Words near hulkings in the dictionary

  1. hulkiest
  2. hulking
  3. hulking off
  4. hulking out
  5. hulkingly
  6. hulkings
  7. hulkish
  8. hulks
  9. hulks off
  10. hulks out
  11. hulksome

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