Short and sturdy (6)
I believe the answer is:
stocky
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">short and sturdy</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for stocky that I've seen before include "Broad" , "Short and solidly built" , "Strongly-built" , "Short but well-built" , "Of sturdy build" .)