breasted

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds“small-breasted”“red-breasted sandpiper”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Breast \Breast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breasting.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. [1913 Webster]

The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer. --Wirt. [1913 Webster]

To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants. [1913 Webster]

Breasted \Breast"ed\, a. Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat. [1913 Webster]

The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]

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