broad-setadj.
/ˌbrɔːdˈsɛt/, U.S. /ˈbrɔdˌsɛt/, /ˈbrɑdˌsɛt/Π
1467–8 Rolls of Parl.: Edward IV (Electronic ed.) Parl. June 1467 §35. m. 37 Dyvers wollen clothes, some called brode sette clothes, and that other called streite sette clothes..the said brode sette clothes, every cloth to conteyn..in brede .vij. quarters.
2. Of a person or animal: heavily or stockily built; thickset.
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the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > broad shape or physique > [adjective]
stalworthc1175
thicka1250
stubblea1300
quarryc1300
stalworthyc1300
stoura1350
sturdyc1386
buirdlya1400
squarec1430
couragec1440
craskc1440
substantialc1460
ample1485
stalwart1508
puddinga1540
full-bodied1588
robust1666
two-handed1687
swankinga1704
strapping1707
broad-set1708
thick-set1724
throddy?1748
thick-bodied1752
broad-built1771
junky1825
swankie1838
stodgy1854
wide-bodied1854
beefish1882
hunky1911
buff1982
buffed1986
1555 R. Eden Disc. Vyage rounde Worlde in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 223 The chiefest men, haue abowte theyr heades a sylken cloth of needle woorke. They are gross and brode set and of the coloure of an oliue.
1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux f. 16 That Prince, mee thought, was finely shapt, vpright, Such as was Marops at th' Olympick games: Another, seem'd broad set, yet passing light, Like wild Hypolitus, eschewing shames.
1708 London Gaz. No. 4465/6 A plain broad-set light gray Mare.
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 394 Quilts was the broadest-set man, but seemed to be quite as muscular as his adversary.
1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar ii. 47 He was..rather broad-set than corpulent.
1918 Daily Mail (Hull) 28 Nov. (advt.) Two Navy Blue Lounge Suits, fit broad-set man, 5ft. 7in.
2019 telegraph.co.uk (Nexis) 3 Sept. The chairman of the England selectors..was cornered in the bar by a broad-set Yorkshireman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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