sinewed

adj — 2 senses

sinewed

adj

Etymology From sinew + -ed.

1

Having sinews, or sinews of a particular type.

a strong-sinewed youth

2

Archaic, Figuratively Equipped; strengthened.

well sinew'd to our defensec. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vii]:

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