thickset

A former groom; born about 1767; short, thickset, wife-led, one-eyed.

He was a short, thickset man with white side whiskers, and looked like an infuriated Santa Claus, for he was covered with snow.

Vulcan is represented as rather short and thickset, lame in one foot, with a cap on his curly head, and a hammer in his hand.

Nearly every warrior in camp recognized the short, thickset figure and the broad, pleasant face when they presented themselves.

He is swarth and thickset, and some five feet eight inches—full six inches under your own height.