broken-winded
Americanadjective
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Veterinary Pathology. (of a horse) suffering from heaves, or broken wind.
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short of breath; having difficulty breathing.
Example Sentences
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With what infinite labor he brings forth his forlorn, broken-winded whistle, while his tail twitches convulsively, as if tail and larynx were worked by the same spring!
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
He said he was trying an experiment with oxygen on a broken-winded horse.
From Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Accordingly, I hired a long-legged, broken-winded hack, the only one to be got for love or money, and set forth upon my way.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
One time in the depth of winter he returned, riding a broken-winded nag that looked even more of a hungry scarecrow than himself.
From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert
One fine autumn evening, in the year 1754, a country cart jogged eastwards into Market Drayton at the heels of a thick-set, shaggy-fetlocked and broken-winded cob.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
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