light-timbered en · ADJ
Meanings
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(dated) Having thin limbs.
[…] the limbs don't grow in proportion, and a heavy-topped light-timbered brute comes into the market unsaleable, or perchance a flatcatcher.
1871, Bath and West and Southern Counties Society, Journal, page 237:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more light-timbered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most light-timbered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |