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

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

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Rivers and Margetts hurried down the steep descent without pausing to pick their way, and reached the bottom just as the traveller, whose horse was evidently tired out, passed them at a broken-winded canter, which was the utmost speed, apparently, to which the unlucky animal could be urged.

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