bulto

noun

bul·​to

ˈbu̇l(ˌ)tō,

ˈbül-

plural -s

1

: an image of a saint carved in wood and polychromed made in the southwestern U.S. and Latin America in the 18th and 19th centuries

2

: a bundle especially of fibers for rope making

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, image, bulk, form, body, statue, from Latin vultus, voltus countenance, expression, shape: perhaps akin to Gothic wulthus glory, Welsh gweled to see

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