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bulk noun The shape, outline, or size (of a person, animal, or thing, especially one obscured or disguised).
1931 Combs Lg Sthn High 1304 Old Shade’s nearly blind, but he can discern the bulk of a person. 1937 Hall Coll (Emerts Cove TN) I keep my pistol in my pocket so as to hide the bulk of it. 1953 Hall Coll (Bryson City NC) He said the bear come down the tree till it got where he could see the bulk of it. 1963 Edwards Gravel 105 The doctor could see the bulk of the rider sitting his mount just outside the bedroom window. 1979 Big South Fork OHP-4 I could just see the bulk of him. He was about half bent.