Definition of "strong-boned" [strong-boned]

• Having strong bones (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Millions of years ago, Ms. Wall writes, ocean waters washed across the shallow shelf of present-day Kentucky, "bringing with them the millions of invertebrates that left behind a precious natural gift, their fossilized shells, which gave rise through the millennia to a particular form of limestone rock, the building block that horseman have long believed is critical to raising a strong-boned racehorse.""
• "I saw him as tall like his father and strong-boned like his mother."
• "As soon as the figure passed below the lights, the head covering was removed, the figure stood tall, the strong-boned profile was back lit by the movie poster, in alignment with Oskar Werner's Austrian visage, both contrasting the soft translucent Gallic features of Jeanne Moreau emanating from between them."