DEEP-CHESTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deep-chested mean? 

• DEEP-CHESTED (adjective)
  The adjective DEEP-CHESTED has 1 sense:

1. thick in the chest

  Familiarity information: DEEP-CHESTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEEP-CHESTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thick in the chest

Context example:

a deep-chested breed of dog

Similar:

thick (not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions)

 Context examples 

Then, with a sudden deep-chested shout, he tore up the heavy oaken prie-dieu and poised it to strike, taking two steps backward the while, that none might take him at a vantage.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And then, under this high-pitched, ringing sound there was another, more intermittent, a low, deep-chested laugh, a growling, throaty gurgle of merriment which formed a grotesque accompaniment to the shriek with which it was blended.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Amid the grey swirl of the tobacco-smoke I could catch a glimpse of a blue coat and gold epaulettes, with a crowd gathering thickly round them, while a hoarse murmur rose from the group which thickened into a deep-chested cheer.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To the right Sir Oliver, Aylward, Hordle John, and the bowmen of the Company fought furiously against the monkish Knights of Santiago, who were led up the hill by their prior—a great, deep-chested man, who wore a brown monastic habit over his suit of mail.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A deep-chested shout of delight burst from the archers at the sight of this double feat, and Aylward, dancing with joy, threw his arms round the old marksman and embraced him with such vigor that their mail tunics clanged again.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As he spoke, there sounded high above the shriek of the gale and the straining of the timbers a gust of oaths with a roar of deep-chested mirth from the gamblers in the forecastle.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The Company was already well-nigh through the village; but, as the knight and his squires closed up upon them, they heard the clamor of a strident voice, followed by a roar of deep-chested laughter from the ranks of the archers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)