Of a person or animal: having a strong or fine physique.

Strongly built; muscular.

Of persons and their limbs: Well-formed, well-proportioned, handsome.

Of a person. Greater than average in size of body and limbs; well-built. In later use sometimes euphemistic: overweight, fat.

Of a person, animal, part of the body, etc.: solidly or compactly built; sturdy, stocky. Also well-trussed-together. Obsolete.

Carefully moderated; thoroughly tempered (in various senses).

Originally: having a well-proportioned shape or form; (after Middle English) spec. having attractive facial features. Now usually of a piece of…

shapely of limb, well-proportioned, lithe.

Having a well-developed or attractive body.

Of a person, the body, etc.: well or attractively made; shapely, well-proportioned. Obsolete.

With past participles, as clean-armed, clean-built, clean-made, clean-shaped, clean-shaved, clean-shaven, clean-swept, clean-washed, etc.

figurative. Knit together, compactly framed or formed. (Usually construed as past participle, often with well or other adverb.) ? Obsolete.

parasynthetic derivatives, as clean-complexioned, clean-conscienced, clean-faced, clean-grained (wood), clean-legged, clean-minded, etc.

Neatly or smartly made, prepared, or arranged; elegantly or finely arrayed, dressed, or ‘got up’… ‘Tight’ (?), elegantly-shaped, well-made…

Of a person or animal: strongly and compactly built; not loose-jointed or gangling.

Of a person or animal: (originally) well-formed, shapely; (later) muscular, well-built. Cf. thew, n.1 3.

Of a person, animal, etc.: having a strong, sturdy physique or good constitution; well-built. Now rare.

With the adjective: chiefly parasynthetic; as clear-aired (having clear air), clear-crested, clear-faced, clear-featured, clear-hearted, clear-limbed…

well-built, clean-limbed.

Apparently: having good bearing or poise, or a good figure. Also figurative. Obsolete.

Of a person, animal, or part of the body: symmetrically or attractively shaped; nicely formed or rounded.

Lithe of limb, clean-limbed, well-made; lithe, handsome. Now dialect, also in U.S.

Of a person or animal: large-framed, of powerful build.

Having a good, strong, or upright figure. Cf. well-set, adj. 1.

With past participles, as clean-armed, clean-built, clean-made, clean-shaped, clean-shaved, clean-shaven, clean-swept, clean-washed, etc.

Cultural Anthropology and Psychology. In E. Kretschmer's theory of human physical and temperamental types: designating a type of physique…

Anthropometry. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a mesomorph; having the physique of a mesomorph.