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well-broken

  • a word derived from broken.
    broken
    verb
    past participle of break.

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"Just as soon as I can get a pair of well-broken mules," he replied.

From Vanguards of the Plains by Margaret Hill McCarter

He didn’t seem to worry about you—said he knew Clover was a sensible and well-broken horse and that he guessed you’d come out none the worse for wear.

From Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune by Alice B. Emerson

I had a well-broken Irish setter, which was perfectly free of hare or rabbit as to chasing, but he was a sad rascal for all that.

From Dog Stories from the "Spectator" being anecdotes of the intelligence, reasoning power, affection and sympathy of dogs, selected from the correspondence columns of "The Spectator" by Various

And Billy, regarding him uneasily, felt convinced that though he tarried until the sun returned Mr. Dill would stand right there and wait—like a well-broken range-horse when the reins are dropped to the ground.

From The Long Shadow by B. M. Bower

I was fortunate in getting well-broken animals, and being so light I easily made my forty-five miles on my first trip out, and ever afterward.

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Henry Inman