husky

nouns

breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog

Eskimo dog, husky

muscular and heavily built

"a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term"

beefy, buirdly, burly, husky, strapping

is derived from

deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

"gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

gruff, hoarse, husky

is derived from