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 Horse in a short space of time, broken-winded with running, is sent to the farm.
From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)
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
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
My aunt, after much demurring and another incipient attack of the hysterics, consented to entrust herself to the fat farmer's guidance, not, however, until she was assured that his horse was both blind and broken-winded.
From Kate Coventry An Autobiography by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
The rate of speed grew with the number; the colonel struggled to keep up like a broken-winded horse.
From Captain Mansana and Mother's Hands by Gosse, Edmund
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