SQUARE-SHOULDERED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does square-shouldered mean? 

• SQUARE-SHOULDERED (adjective)
  The adjective SQUARE-SHOULDERED has 1 sense:

1. having broad shoulders

  Familiarity information: SQUARE-SHOULDERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUARE-SHOULDERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having broad shoulders

Synonyms:

big-shouldered; broad-shouldered; square-shouldered

Context example:

big-shouldered and heavy-armed

Similar:

robust (sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction)

 Context examples 

Mrs. Reed might be at that time some six or seven and thirty; she was a woman of robust frame, square-shouldered and strong-limbed, not tall, and, though stout, not obese: she had a somewhat large face, the under jaw being much developed and very solid; her brow was low, her chin large and prominent, mouth and nose sufficiently regular; under her light eyebrows glimmered an eye devoid of ruth; her skin was dark and opaque, her hair nearly flaxen; her constitution was sound as a bell—illness never came near her; she was an exact, clever manager; her household and tenantry were thoroughly under her control; her children only at times defied her authority and laughed it to scorn; she dressed well, and had a presence and port calculated to set off handsome attire.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)