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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The doctor's carriage with the broken-winded pony was standing at the door of the farm.
From Wilton School or, Harry Campbell's Revenge by Weatherly, Fred E.
One fine autumn evening, in the year 1754, a country cart jogged eastwards into Market Drayton at the heels of a thick-set, shaggy-fetlocked and broken-winded cob.
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Strang, Herbert
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
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
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 The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
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