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well(-)broken, ppl. a.
1580Blundevil Art of Riding ii. x. 19 b, To say the truth, wearines and lack of breath, may cause anie horse, be he neuer so well broken, to do the same. 1728Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 316 All horses are ungovernable, that are not well-broken. 1857Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 173/1 Though his stud was not numerous or choice, it may be said to have been well broken. 1874Kennel Club Stud Bk. 147 A brace of remarkably well-broken pointers. |