slab-sided

[ slab-sahy-did ]

/ ˈslæbˌsaɪ dɪd /

having the sides long and flat, like slabs.

tall and lank.

Origin of slab-sided

First recorded in 1810–20

The Loucheux Indian, his wives, his babies, and his slab-sided dogs suffer from starvation almost every winter.

The New North |Agnes Deans Cameron
And that slab-sided Peters says he saw you turn into the thicket.

Bolanyo |Opie Percival Read
A long backed dog lacks staying qualities, and a slab-sided one has not the room for lungs.

The Airedale |Williams Haynes
Shortly afterwards they came suddenly on a man, with an old vehicle, and a slab-sided horse that looked half starved.

The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge |Herbert Carter

Has that lank-sparred, slab-sided, herring-gutted friend of yours played you false?

Micah Clarke |Arthur Conan Doyle