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Definition of Chested

1. a. Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow- chested.

Definition of Chested

1. Adjective. (usually in combination) Having a chest (with a specified quality). ¹

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Definition of Chested

1. chest [adj] - See also: chest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chested

Literary usage of Chested

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of W. E. Henley by William Ernest Henley, Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"XXV APPARITION THIN-LEGGED, thin-chested, slight unspeakably, Neat-footed and weak-fingered : in his face— Lean, large-boned, curved of beak, ..."

2. The Battle of the Wilderness by Morris Schaff (1910)
"... broad-chested, silky-haired roan, stood saddled and bridled before my tent. The trumpets sounded; and, as their notes died away, I picked up the pen ..."

3. Argentine Ornithology: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Birds of the Argentine by Philip Lutley Sclater, William Henry Hudson (1889)
"(ORANGE-chested HOBBY ) Falco femoralis, Sunn. ... Female similar, but larger. Hub. Central and South America. The Orange-chested Hobby is found throughout ..."

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