Wind-break v.

rare. [f. WIND sb.¹ 11 d + BREAK v. 12 b.] trans. To break the wind of, render broken-winded.

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1638. Ford, Fancies, II. ii. ’Twould wind-breake a moyle, or a ring’d mare, to vie burthens with her.

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So Wind-broken a. = BROKEN-WINDED.

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1603. Florio, Montaigne, II. xvii. 373. A restie and wind-broken jade.

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1667. Phil. Trans., II. 545. A wind-broken Dog or Horse.

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1708. Lond. Gaz., No. 4453/4. Stoln…, one large black Mare,… Wind broken.

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1805. C. James, Milit. Dict. (ed. 2).

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1851. Mayne Reid, Scalp Hunt., II. i. 8. She [sc. the mare] was badly wind-broken.

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