throaty

Etymology

throat + -y

adj

1. (of a sound) Produced in the throat; having a rough or coarse quality like a sound produced in the throat.
   A throaty cough.
   But the most haunting of all the melodies is the warbling laughter of the Tulameen; its delicate note is far more powerful, more far-reaching than the throaty thunders of the Niagara. 1911, Pauline Johnson, “The Tulameen Trail”, in Legends of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, page 47
   We could hear a motor running; it seemed too deep and throaty a motor to be the squad car, and after we passed the high school, the engine noise grew louder. 1989, John Irving, chapter 3, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, New York: William Morrow, page 129
   Since forming in 2007 Mumford & Sons have hard-toured their way to a vast market for throaty folk that's strong on banjo and bass drum. They have released two enormous albums. But, wow, do they take some knocks back home. 15 November 2012, Tom Lamont, The Daily Telegraph
2. (of livestock or dogs) Having a dewlap or excess skin hanging under the neck.
   Qualities exceptionable in a Herefordshire ox, for grazing. […] The neck short, thick, coarse; loaded with leather and dewlap; “throaty.” 1789, Mr. Marshall, The Rural Economy of Glocestershire, London: G. Nicol, page 248
   […] his flock is not so throaty as Merinos were formerly bred, as he considers throatiness objectionable. 1849 April, “Col. Randall’s Merino Sheep”, in American Agriculturalist, volume 8, number 4, page 120
   In 1558 the beagle had become well patronised by royalty and was painted by court painters, so that we know his type to have been already well established, a small hound with long, drooping ears, short pudgy body and throaty neck. 1926, Warren Miller, The American Hunting Dog, New York: Appleton, Chapter, p. 31