ppl. a.
(Often used to describe elderly persons who carry their years well.)
1854. Weekly Oregonian, Dec., 9. (Thornton). Antiquated gentleman in same slip, well preserved, but somewhat wrinkled.
1859. Geo. Eliot, Adam Bede, v. Her well-preserved faculties, and her old-fashioned dignity.
a. 1865. Mrs. Gaskell, Wives & Dau., vi. All the furniture in the room was as old-fashioned and as well-preserved as it could be.
1871. ‘M. Legrand,’ Cambr. Freshm., 10. They were well-preserved women for their time of life.
