broken-windedadj.
1. Farriery. Affected with the disease of a broken wind (see broken wind n.); exhaling the air from the lungs with spasmodic efforts.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > respiratory disorders
pursick1303
pursivea1425
pursy1440
roaring1509
broken-winded?1523
wind-broken1603
crack-winded1680
thick-windeda1694
musical1831
bellows to mend1854
?1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Husbandry f. xxxiiv Broken wynded is an yll dysease: and cometh of ronnynge or ryding ouer moche..and woll nat be mended.
1574 J. Baret Aluearie F 614 To mooue the flanks like a broken winded horse.
1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe v. sig. H2 I shall cough like a broken winded horse.
1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 176 They are pursive or broken-winded.
1846 R. E. Egerton-Warburton Earth Stopper in Hunting Songs (new ed.) 124 Thy worn hackney, blind and broken winded.
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1021/2.
2. transferred and figurative.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adjective] > muttering or mumbling > mumbled
undistinct1495
mumbled?1542
murmured1584
demurmuratory1617
muttered1626
broken-winded1627
the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > deflated
broken-winded1809
deflated1894
popped1925
1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (new ed.) v. (R.) Broke-winded murmers, howlings, and sadd grones.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 8 Liberty of speaking..was girded, and straight lac't almost to a broken-winded tizzick.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. vii. iii. 189 As though you were to endeavour to turn a rusty weather cock, with a broken winded bellows.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 282 Kicking a broken-winded foot-ball about the field.
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adj.?1523