(bʌldʒ ) noun. a swelling or an outward curve. a sudden increase in number or volume, esp of population.

Is Strout a word?

(obsolete) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

What does stout body mean?

Stout describes a heavily built but usually strong and healthy body: a handsome stout lady. Fat, an informal word with unpleasant connotations, suggests an unbecoming fleshy stoutness; it may, however, apply also to a hearty fun-loving type of stout person: a fat old man; fat and jolly.