broken wind

American  

[wind] / wɪnd /

noun

Veterinary Pathology.

1. heaves.

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broken wind British  

/ wɪnd /

noun

1. vet science another name for heaves

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Other Word Forms

• broken-winded
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of broken wind

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

Video footage showing the devastation across Iowa depicted flattened buildings, overturned cars and broken wind turbines.

From BBC • May 22, 2024

A broken wind pump creaks, and a forgotten path runs nowhere into brambles.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2012

The result is a condition long familiar in horses, and known as "heaves" or "broken wind."

From Time Magazine Archive

My broken wind won't run to it—I'll leave the job to you.

From Songs of Action by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

All those affections, distinguished in the English veterinary works as pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs, chronic cough, thick and broken wind, consumption, &c., are popularly designated as heaves.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.