well-tried

English

Adjective

well-tried (not comparable)

Having been proven by widespread use, and known to be reliable.
- 1964 May, G. Freeman Allen and R. K. Evans, “The Brush-Sulzer association”, in Modern Railways, page 328:
  Embodying much of the experience gained in the development of the well-tried in-line units, the LVA24 engine is a turbo-charged four-stroke with the two banks of cylinders arranged at 50 deg to each other [...].

References

“well-tried”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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