wind-broken

[ wind-broh-kuh n ]

/ ˈwɪndˌbroʊ kən /

adjective Veterinary Pathology. (of horses)

having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.

Nearby words

wind turbine, wind up, wind vane, wind-bell, wind-borne, wind-broken, wind-chill, wind-chill factor, wind-down, wind-pollinated, wind-screen

Origin of wind-broken

First recorded in 1595–1605

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Examples from the Web for wind-broken

Farther on he brought up trembling in every limb at the fall of a wind-broken tree.
Connie Morgan in the Fur Country|James B. Hendryx
I want a man who can look over a bond issue, or whatever it is, and tell me at a glance whether it's spavined or wind-broken.
Dennison Grant|Robert Stead
Judson knew that the last lap was not in his trembling muscles or in the thumping heart and the wind-broken lungs.
The Taming of Red Butte Western|Francis Lynde
The group lugubriously settled in a circle upon an assemblage of wind-broken red velvet chairs and wooden stools.
Free Air|Sinclair Lewis

These wind-broken chaps are always in before the second death, seeing they always miss the first.
Pierre; or The Ambiguities|Herman Melville

British Dictionary definitions for wind-broken

wind-broken

adjective

(of a horse) asthmatic or heaving

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