sinewous

English

Etymology

From sinew +‎ -ous.

Adjective

sinewous (comparative more sinewous, superlative most sinewous)

(obsolete) sinewy
- 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
  he was small bellied and other lims more sinewous than fleshie