wind-broken

American  

[wind-broh-kuhn] / ˈwɪndˌbroʊ kən /

adjective

Veterinary Pathology.

1. having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.

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wind-broken British  

adjective

1. (of a horse) asthmatic or heaving

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Etymology

Origin of wind-broken

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

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wind-broken

Champion mares bred to champion stallions have dropped foals that resembled neither parent in any respect except having four legs; the offspring have been pigeontoed, rough-kneed, cow-hocked, swaybacked, puny, soft-boned and wind-broken.

From Time Magazine Archive

He knows from wind-broken experience that setting a new record for the indoor mile may be the only way to defeat The Delany.

From Time Magazine Archive

To-night my soul looks back and sees, Across wind-broken wastes of wave, A widow on her bended knees Beside a new-made grave.

From The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens by Kendall, Henry

I do not recollect we have ever had a wind-broken one.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Allen, Richard L.

These wind-broken chaps are always in before the second death, seeing they always miss the first.—Humph!

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman