Pigeon-breasted

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pigeon-breasted \Pi"geon-breast`ed\, a.
     Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so
     prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pigeon-breasted
       adj : having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone
             caused by infantile rickets [syn: {chicken-breasted}]