Shouldered

Shouldered
Shouldered Shoul"dered, a. Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man. ``He was short-shouldered.'' --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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