well builtadj.

?c1525 (a1503) Receyt Ladie Kateryne (Coll. Arms M.13) (1990) iv. 53 In all the circuyte of this feld of werre, by and uppon the wallys, were duble stages, very thyk and many, wilbyldid and plankyd, for the honest and comon people.

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 74^v Saincte Markes steeple is a veraie hyghe and fayre toure of bricke, so well built, that within foorth an horse maie be ledde vp vnto the bellfroy.

1597 G. Markham tr. G. Pétau de Maulette Deuoreux cclvii. f. 44 Arest thy pace poore heauie Muse, Doe thy last seruice, end thy weary tale, And on this well-built holy Tomb, infuse The large deriued currents of thy bale.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads vi. 14 Axilus, that did dwell In faire Arisbas well-built towres.

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 152 The well-built Ships.

1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 196 The bastion of a well-built city.

1822 P. B. Shelley Lines: When Lamp is Shattered 18 When hearts have once mingled, Love first leaves the well-built nest.

1858 W. Ellis Three Visits Madagascar xii. 329 The houses were all well-built, with clean swept court yards around them.

1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District 223 A height crowned with a well-built cairn.

1955 Buchan Observer 20 Sept. in Sc. National Dict. VI. 514/1 A well built stone and lime dwelling..with a single independent room attached (called the ‘oot-room’).

2012 N.Y. Times 9 Sept. (Late ed.) (Automobiles section) 8/5 The car itself feels solid and well built.

1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. D3 There was never yet state so well built in the world, having his ground, as theirs hath, in the good wil of others.

a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iii. 26 In a well built body, a poore parsnip Will play his prize, above their strong potabiles.

1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice ii. sig. D3^v No beauty so adornes The composition of a well-built mind, As pitty.

1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace xv. 292 This is well-built consolation which reaches the heart.

1707 M. Prior Satire upon Poets 125 The Author then, whose daring hopes would strive With well-built Verse to keep his Fame alive.

1781 W. Cowper Truth 7 Then farewell all self-satisfying schemes, His well-built systems, philosophic dreams!

1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children vii. 45 He was wearing a remarkably well-built suit of rough yellowish stuff.

1903 E. E. G. Makers of Hellas xiii. 652 The keen interest which the working out of a solid well-built argument never fails to bring.

2001 N. Moustaki Compl. Idiot's Guide to writing Poetry ii. 17 A well-built poem has the capacity to endure time, the elements and criticism.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4209/4 A well-built bay Stallion.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. x. 56 This Gentleman..was of a middle Size, and what is called well built . View more context for this quotation

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 269 His tall, well-built figure was shown off to advantage by his magnificent dress.

1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iii. 35 She was a strong, well-built woman, of about six or seven and twenty.

1905 H. de Bylandt Dogs of All Nations I. 576 Samoyed dog. (Laika or Siberian dog)... Dog of medium size, well built and cobby, covered with a thick fur.

1975 Countryman Autumn 62 Barry is a tall, well-built young man, a year-rounder who appears to take the work in his stride.

2012 Gay Times May 158/4 (advt.) Well-built M, 52, seeks tarty TVs, mates & slaves for going out & adult fun.

1899 H. Wright Depopulation 2 One saw the city standing out in all its strength of substantial well-builtness.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1281 These are our abstract ideas or concepts, and according to the number and well-builtness of this kind of craft our minds are rich or poor.

2000 Iowa Rev. 30 20 But not standing straight, that is, stooping, his well-builtness was not easily discerned.