-boned combines with adjectives such as 'big' and 'fine' to form adjectives which describe a person as having a particular type of bone structure or build.
He was about seven years old, small and fine-boned like his mother.
boned in British English
(bəʊnd)
adjective
1.
having had the bones removed from it
2.
stiffened with bone
boned in American English
(boʊnd)
adjective
1.
having (a specific kind of) bone
brittle-boned
2.
having the bones taken out
3.
having stays of whalebone, etc.
Examples of 'boned' in a sentence
boned
Don't big-boned passengers occupy comparatively more space standing up?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He's a small-boned man, a scant 5 foot 4, with size 6 feet.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Offstage, her soft-spoken manner, fine-boned appearance and fashionable clothes come as a surprise.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
I don't claim to be heavy-boned or largeframed.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Scrape meat from the tip of the single-boned pieces.
The Sun (2011)
Mesomorphs carried little fat on their hard-boned physiques.