sinewed
English
Etymology
Adjective
sinewed (not comparable)
- Having sinews, or sinews of a particular type.
- a strong-sinewed youth
- (archaic, figuratively) Equipped; strengthened.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii]:
- well sinew'd to our defense
References
- “sinewed”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.