barrel chest bar·rel chest (bār'əl)
A large chest with increased anteroposterior diameter and usually some degree of kyphosis, sometimes seen in cases of emphysema.
“ Ana (I),” he said deliberately, striking his right hand loudly against his barrel chest so that it echoed.
He evoked a sigh from somewhere in the depths of his barrel chest, and tried to cast up his small red eyes.
Then he tied one end of the remaining rope around Zircon's barrel chest, up under his armpits.
Eyes streaming, bull throat and barrel chest racked by his sobbing, he watched the passing of his people and his city.
Boone clamped his mouth shut and stood with thick, muscular arms crossed over his barrel chest.
Allan was jerked against a barrel chest, felt his bones cracking in a terrific hug.
Two inches taller than Ramsay's six feet, he had a barrel chest and long, powerful arms.