wind-broken
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of wind-broken
First recorded in 1595–1605
Example Sentences
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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
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
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.
From Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day by Stead, Robert J. C.
For each dim form of marble rare, Bent a wind-broken reed; So hangs on autumn-field, long-bare, Some tall and straggling weed.
From A Hidden Life and Other Poems by MacDonald, George
He was wind-broken and undoubtedly would have played out before we got through the mountains.
From The Pony Rider Boys in Alaska Or, The Gold Diggers of Taku Pass by Patchin, Frank Gee
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