wind-broken

[ wind-broh-kuhn ]

adjective

, Veterinary Pathology.

1. having the breathing impaired; affected with heaves.

wind-broken

adjective

1. (of a horse) asthmatic or heaving

Word History and Origins

Origin of wind-broken¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

It is supposed that the prefix, "horse," was derived from a custom among the Turks, of giving the nuts to horses as a medicine when these animals were afflicted with a cough or inclined to become wind-broken.

From Project Gutenberg

"I'd rather drive a team of wind-broken mustangs, any day in the year!"

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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