adj
Meaning 1
Having a bosom (of a specified kind).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 1871, George MacDonald, Organ Songs, “Longing,” in Works of Fancy and Imagination, London, Volume II, p. 230, O all wide places, far from feverous towns! Great shining seas! pine forests! mountains wild! Rock-bosomed shores! rough heaths! and sheep-cropt downs!
- 1922, Emily Post, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home, Chapter 12, “The Well-Appointed House,” For luncheon or earlier, if [the butler] is on duty at the door, he wears black trousers, with gray stripes, a double-breasted, high-cut, black waistcoat, and black swallowtail coat without satin on the reverse, a white stiff-bosomed shirt with standing collar, and a black four-in-hand tie.
Meaning relationships
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