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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All broken-winded horses have the cough peculiar to the affection, but it is not regular.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
I know how tiresome those broken-winded fellos must be.
From "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by Breck, G. William
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
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
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
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