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light-timbered

light-timbered adjective: having thin limbs.

Adjective

light-timbered (comparative more light-timbered, superlative most light-timbered)

  1. (dated) Having thin limbs.
    • […] the limbs don't grow in proportion, and a heavy-topped light-timbered brute comes into the market unsaleable, or perchance a flatcatcher.1871, Bath and West and Southern Counties Society, Journal, page 237

Forms of light-timbered

comparativemore light-timbered
superlativemost light-timbered

Questions about light-timbered

What does light-timbered mean?
Light-timbered means having thin limbs.
What part of speech is light-timbered?
Light-timbered is an adjective.

Words near light-timbered in the dictionary

  1. light-skirt
  2. light-skirts
  3. light-spirited
  4. light-struck
  5. light-tight
  6. light-timbered
  7. light-up
  8. light-water
  9. light-weight
  10. light-weights
  11. light-winged

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