square-shouldered

square-shouldered

adj

1. having broad, well-formed shoulders

2. (Clothing & Fashion) with shoulders padded or cut to be roughly at right angles to the body

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square′-shoul′dered

adj.

having the shoulders held back, giving a straight form to the upper part of the back.

[1815–25]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

square-shouldered - having broad shoulders; "big-shouldered and heavy-armed" big-shouldered, broad-shouldered robust - sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction; "a robust body"; "a robust perennial"

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