barrel chest

plural barrel chests

1. A large, deep chest, as:
   1. A robust chest, often correlated with ample physical strength and endurance, especially among people raised at high altitudes.

      There, standing shirtless next to the turquoise pool in the courtyard, was the most masculine human being I had ever seen in my life: broad shoulders, barrel chest (with the perfect amount of hair, of course), and powerful thighs.

      2024 October 2, Kit Jannar, “My Hetero Hunk of a French Lover Asked Me to F*ck Him Like a Woman”, in Cosmopolitan

   2. A deep and somewhat misshapen chest, sometimes associated with emphysema.