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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He went to the fair in --- with a broken-winded horse and a glandered.
From The English Gipsies and Their Language by Leland, Charles Godfrey
One time in the depth of winter he returned, riding a broken-winded nag that looked even more of a hungry scarecrow than himself.
From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert
Comes a broken-winded tootle on a coach-horn and the black-and-scarlet drag of the local garrison trundles into view.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-04-21 by Various
The most dull economist would perceive, and admit, that a gentleman who had a fine stud of horses was absolutely richer than one who had only ill-bred and broken-winded ones.
From The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing by Ruskin, John
I know how tiresome those broken-winded fellos must be.
From "Same old Bill, eh Mable!" by Breck, G. William
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