BAREBONED


Meaning of BAREBONED in English

/bair"bohnd'/ , adj.

1. lean or spare, as a person.

2. emaciated; gaunt: bareboned victims of a terrible famine.

[ 1590-1600; BARE 1 + BONED, from the earlier use bare-bones or bare-bone a lean person ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .