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Definition of Broad-shouldered
1. Adjective. Having broad shoulders. "Big-shouldered and heavy-armed"
Definition of Broad-shouldered
1. Adjective. Having broad shoulders. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a sturdy construction or constitution. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broad-shouldered
Literary usage of Broad-shouldered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book Lover: A Magazine of Book Lore (1900)
"... broad-shouldered, full- faced, farmer-like man standing holding the door,
without coat or vest, necktie or collar, wristbands and collar unbuttoned. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"York. MDB. (West Riding Yorks), o, i. Broad.—(i) Nick, 'the broad,' ie the stout,
the broad-shouldered. ..."
3. Reminiscences of Eton (Keate's Time) by Charles Allix Wilkinson (1888)
"A strong, broad-shouldered athletic fellow in the eight made a bet that he would
swim from Windsor Bridge to Brocas Clump. All who know Eton know what a ..."
4. Southwestern Historical Quarterly by Texas State Historical Association, Herbert Eugene Bolton, Eugene Campbell Barker, University of Texas at Austin Center for Studies in Texas History (1905)
"... height broad shouldered, long face, beardless, aquiline nose, eyebrows meeting,
light grey eyes, black curled hair, black eye-brows, dark complexion. 3. ..."
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