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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I only brought down a broken-winded Arab or two, and their hire pays my current expenses.
From The History of Tasmania, Volume I by West, John
Whis′tle-fish, a rockling; Whis′tler, one who, or that which, whistles: a kind of marmot: a broken-winded horse; Whis′tling.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
And then he jolted away down the lane in his shaky trap, drawn by his broken-winded pony.
From Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge by Weatherly, Fred E.
"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)
Not long afterward, the Horse, having become broken-winded, was sent by his owner to the farm.
From Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources by Weir, Harrison
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