barrel chest

noun

Etymology

From a figurative resemblance to a barrel (cask): large, convex, and deep in the anteroposterior dimension.

Definitions

  1. A large, deep chest, as

    A large, deep chest, as:

    • There, standing shirtless next to the turquoise pool in the courtyard, was the most masculine human being I had ever seen in my life: broad shoulders, barrel chest (with the perfect amount of hair, of course), and powerful thighs.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for barrel chest. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA