deep-chested

[ deep-ches-tid ]

/ ˈdipˈtʃɛs tɪd /

having a large, broad chest: a deep-chested man.

coming from deep in the chest: a deep-chested cough.

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Another, Broth, was a deep-chested man and a well-known orator.
Shaman|Robert Shea
"Slap your saddles on them fresh hosses," he grated harshly from the back of a deep-chested, lean-flanked gray.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Paul Jones was a young man of herculean strength—tall, muscular, deep-chested and broad-shouldered.
War Letters of a Public-School Boy|Paul Jones.
The blue-black beard and hearty, deep-chested carriage of the Bavarian impressed him greatly.
The Leopard Woman|Stewart Edward White

He was deep-chested and thick of neck, but his legs were straight and incongruously slender in comparison with his shoulders.
The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald