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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With what infinite labor he brings forth his forlorn, broken-winded whistle, while his tail twitches convulsively, as if tail and larynx were worked by the same spring!
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
The latter was in possession of some small boys, who were kicking a broken-winded foot-ball about the field with an amount of noise greatly in excess of its occasion.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
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.
In recent cases very few changes are noticeable, but in animals that have been broken-winded for a long time the changes are well-marked.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
Any student will remark at a first glance what a short-breathed runner, what a broken-winded athlete in the lists of tragic verse, is the indiscoverable author of this play.
From A Study of Shakespeare by Gosse, Edmund
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