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Definition of Strong-boned
1. Adjective. Having strong bones.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strong-boned
Literary usage of Strong-boned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook for Farmers and Dairymen by Fritz Wilhelm Woll (1897)
"The first-mentioned, are strong-boned, long- bodied, and deep-sided, ... White in
color, strong-boned, vigorous, and attain to very heavy weights, ..."
2. Farming Industries of Cape Colony by Robert Wallace, Harry Stratford Caldecott (1896)
"The Cape Government, in view of the defects mentioned, commissioned Dr Hutcheon
to go to England in 1889 to send out strong-boned hackney stallions, which, ..."
3. Bread from Stones by Julius Hensel (1894)
"This was an essential reason why Winkelried in 1386 at Sempach could with his
strong-boned arms hold a whole dozen of lances of the knights ..."
4. Palladius On husbondrie: From the unique ms. of about 1420 A.D. in by Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, Barton Lodge, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage (1879)
"... For mulos chorra a mare strong- boned, of great bulk and noble form, three
years old. His wife (the ass) ia to be haled oat, the mare is to be baled in. ..."
5. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1901)
"... strong boned, good healthy, vigorous animals, nothing but mature breeding
animals should be used. If people would only observe this rule more closely ..."
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