Meanings of hump shapes in English

Ahead, people bowed to do obeisance, but among the humped shapes one man remained standing.

The humped shapes of the low yellow rocks showed themselves faintly like shapes of beasts asleep.

Over these humped shapes he glimpsed a fine glittering armour of hoar frost grow and thicken.

The sixty or so whitewashed stone cottages of Balington, with their thatch roofs, were only vague humped shapes in the night.

His dreams were disquieting, dark humped shapes scurrying through them, green pale eyes glistening and the smell of fish, scalded blood, and sulfur everywhere.