Definitions for "Burly"
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"
Keywords:  lusty, stout, inanimate, bulky, chiefly
Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky.
Keywords:  boisterous, coarse, rough
Coarse and rough; boisterous.
Keywords:  skater, canyon, john, jumped, goes
Describes when a skater goes for something big, eg "John jumped a 20-foot canyon - now that was burly".
Keywords:  strenuous, climb, move, powerful
A Powerful or strenuous move or climb.