broken-winded

[brohk-uhn-wind-id]

adjective

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

2. short of breath; having difficulty breathing.

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

"You old broken-winded idiot," shouted the child, a boy of fourteen, very small for his age, but handsome in a dark, picturesque style.

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Of course many people cannot afford expensive hacks, but I would sooner any day have a broken-winded or broken-kneed screw that was well-bred and well-shaped, than a sound one who looked an underbred, lazy, three-cornered beast.

From Project Gutenberg

This was the first judgment that overtook him for his greediness: he was too fat to play, and if he tried, puffed and blew like a broken-winded horse, and was out of breath in no time; for his liver was not only out of order, but what little heart he had, and that wasn't much, was buried in fat.

From Project Gutenberg

Whis′tle-fish, a rockling; Whis′tler, one who, or that which, whistles: a kind of marmot: a broken-winded horse; Whis′tling.—adv.

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