brawny

Etymology

brawn +‎ -y

Adjective

brawny (comparative brawnier, superlative brawniest)

1. Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.

   Rattler was a big, brawny fellow, and he stepped up in front of me, rolling up his sleeves.

   • 1749, John Cleland, “part 2”, in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: G. Fenton, OCLC 13050889:

     As he stood on one side, for a minute or so, unbuttoning his waist-coat and breeches, her fat, brawny thighs hung down

2. Calloused; hardened.