sinewous

English

Etymology

From sinew +‎ -ous.

Adjective

sinewous (comparative more sinewous, superlative most sinewous)

1. (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