the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Hard as a stalk; resembling a stalk.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Formed like a stalk: resembling a stalk.
Word Usage
"It chanced that there was but one of them on duty in the wood that morning -- a certain short, stalky little fellow whose name was Walter Skinner, and who was fond of speaking of himself as a king's man."