broad-breastedadj.

Brit.

/ˌbrɔːdˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌbrɔdˈbrɛstəd/,

/ˌbrɑdˈbrɛstəd/

Forms: see broad adj.¹ and breasted adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.¹, breasted adj.

Etymology: < broad adj.¹ + breasted adj.

Having a wide or large breast; (in early use implicitly) sturdily or powerfully built. Also in extended use with these connotations of sturdiness.Now typically used of poultry.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [adjective] > chest > types of

big-chested1594

broad-breasted1647

broad-chesteda1661

open-chested1823

bluff-chested1851

barrel-chested1961

a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv The horss hath xxv propertes..After a lyon, prowd-herted, brod-brestid, [etc.].

1600 R. Hakluyt tr. G. da Verrazzano in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 296 The people are..broad breasted, strong armed.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xxxiv The broad-breasted earth, the spacious skie.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 6 The huge, broad-breasted, old oak tree.

1880 S. O'Grady Hist. Ireland II. ii. 125 The foremost of the chivalry of Erin, long-haired warriors, stately, broad-breasted, having noble eyes.

2013 D. Schrider Storey's Guide to raising Turkeys (rev. ed.) vi. 91 It takes 16 to 18 weeks to ready industrial-type, broad-breasted turkeys for processing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	broad-breasted
释义	broad-breastedadj. Brit. /ˌbrɔːdˈbrɛstᵻd/, U.S. /ˌbrɔdˈbrɛstəd/, /ˌbrɑdˈbrɛstəd/ Forms: see broad adj.¹ and breasted adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: broad adj.¹, breasted adj. Etymology: < broad adj.¹ + breasted adj. Having a wide or large breast; (in early use implicitly) sturdily or powerfully built. Also in extended use with these connotations of sturdiness.Now typically used of poultry. ΘΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [adjective] > chest > types of big-chested1594 broad-breasted1647 broad-chesteda1661 open-chested1823 bluff-chested1851 barrel-chested1961 a1425 in W. H. Hulme Middle-Eng. Harrowing of Hell (1907) p. xxv The horss hath xxv propertes..After a lyon, prowd-herted, brod-brestid, [etc.]. 1600 R. Hakluyt tr. G. da Verrazzano in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) III. 296 The people are..broad breasted, strong armed. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. App. xxxiv The broad-breasted earth, the spacious skie. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. 6 The huge, broad-breasted, old oak tree. 1880 S. O'Grady Hist. Ireland II. ii. 125 The foremost of the chivalry of Erin, long-haired warriors, stately, broad-breasted, having noble eyes. 2013 D. Schrider Storey's Guide to raising Turkeys (rev. ed.) vi. 91 It takes 16 to 18 weeks to ready industrial-type, broad-breasted turkeys for processing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.a1425
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