Wulst.
oblong bulge
Meaning & usage
oblong bulge
wreath, garland
torus
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German wulst m, wulste f, from Old High German wulst m, wulsta f, from Proto-West Germanic *hwulfsti, from Proto-Germanic *hwulfstiz (“curvature, vaulting, bulge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp- (“to curve”). Related to German wölben (“to curve, bend, arch”), English whelm (“to engulf”).
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