raw-boned

English

Adjective

raw-boned (comparative more raw-boned, superlative most raw-boned)

1. Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt.
   • 1994, Jim Ranie, Jargodin: The Moonlighter, Brisbane: Jim Ranie, page 194:

     A young nurse, a big raw-boned country lass, plodder her way down to the building.

Anagrams

• bear down, downbear