broad in the beam
Having broad hips or large buttocks. For example, I've grown too broad in the beam for these slacks. This expression originated in the 17th century and described the wideness of a ship. It began to be used for the human body only in the 1920s.
Words nearby broad in the beam
broad daylight,
broad fascia,
broad gauge,
broad glass,
broad hatchet,
broad in the beam,
broad jump,
broad ligament of uterus,
broad reach,
broad river,
broad seal