3. Firm; tough; materially strong; enduring; as, a stout vessel, stick, string, or cloth.
4. Large; bulky; corpulent.
Syn. — Stout, Corpulent, Portly. Corpulent has reference simply to a superabundance or excess of flesh. Portly implies a kind of stoutness or corpulence which gives a dignified or imposing appearance. Stout, in our early writers (as in the English Bible), was used chiefly or wholly in the sense of strong or bold; as, a stout champion; a stout heart; a stout resistance, etc. At a later period it was used for thickset or bulky, and more recently, especially in England, the idea has been carried still further, so that Taylor says in his Synonyms: "The stout man has the proportions of an ox; he is corpulent, fat, and fleshy in relation to his size." In America, stout is still commonly used in the original sense of strong as, a stout boy; a stout pole.
STOUT
Stout, n.
Defn: A strong malt liquor; strong porter. Swift.
STOUT-HEARTED
Stout"-heart"ed, a.
Defn: Having a brave heart; courageous.
— Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n.
STOUTISH
Stout"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.
STOUTLY
Stout"ly, adv.