clean-timbered en · ADJ
Meanings
-
(archaic, idiomatic, poetic) Well-proportioned; symmetrical.
I thinke Hector was not so cleane timber'd.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more clean-timbered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most clean-timbered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |