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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And my two beautiful bays," he added to himself, "which they took away from me, and here I must drive two lame old broken-winded jades.
From In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life by Reuter, Fritz
The latter was in possession of some small boys, who were kicking a broken-winded foot-ball about the field with an amount of noise greatly in excess of its occasion.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
According to his last wish, Jean Ramel had been conveyed to the Pantheon in the wretched paupers' hearse, which conveys them to the common grave at the shambling trot of some thin and broken-winded horse.
From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 by Maupassant, Guy de
"Maister Alexander!" he cried, panting and broken-winded with haste, "Maister Alexander is comin' ower the Brae!"
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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
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