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Definition of Round-shouldered
1. Adjective. Having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect. "A little oldish misshapen stooping woman"
Definition of Round-shouldered
1. Adjective. Having a rounded upper back, and shoulders that bend forward. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Round-shouldered
Literary usage of Round-shouldered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Farmingby Richard Kendall Munkittrick by Richard Kendall Munkittrick (1891)
"... and in so doing made myself as round-shouldered as a shoemaker, and bent myself
forward to such an extent that I was afraid to straighten up lest ..."
2. The complete herbalist; or, The people their own physicians by the use of by Oliver Phelps Brown (1867)
"Children are made round-shouldered from their heads being placed on high pillows.
The beds should be made of straw, corn-husks, hair, various palms and ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"(gwar—crwm) round-shouldered. ... Tending to be round-shouldered. ... To bend
the upper part of the back forward ; to become . round-shouldered. ..."
4. Debris from a Public Dining Place in the Athenian Agora by Susan I. Rotroff, John Howard Oakley (1992)
"About 200 fragments of lamps were recovered, over three quarters of which are of
the common 5th-century round-shouldered type.71 The very few earlier lamps ..."
5. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"round-shouldered as a grindstone. — ANON. Rouse. Rouses me, as with a cherub's
trump. — COLERIDGE. Roused, like homeward wishes in wanderer's heart. ..."
6. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"round-shouldered or hump-backed. 1857 We might, in consequence [of lack of funds],
... The word Bible-back, describing a round-shouldered person, ..."
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