broken-winded

American  

[brohk-uhn-wind-id] / ˈbroʊk ənˈwɪnd ɪd /

adjective

1. Veterinary Pathology. (of a horse) suffering from heaves, or broken wind.

2. short of breath; having difficulty breathing.

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Example Sentences

Now, I’m no better than an old bell-wether, A broken-winded, hirpling tattyjack That can do nothing but baa and baa and baa.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

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

It was not selfishness that led her to think and speak in this manner, but a realizing sense of the unhappy fact that mediocrity married is as hopeless as a broken-winded race-horse in harness.

From Toppleton's Client or, A Spirit in Exile by Bangs, John Kendrick

Why you draw your Breath as hard as a broken-winded Racer; some Qualm I suppose about this neglected Island.

From A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 by Anonymous

He went to the fair in --- with a broken-winded horse and a glandered. 

From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey