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Broken wind

Broken wind \Bro"ken wind`\ (Far.) The heaves.

Wiktionary
broken wind

n. A respiratory disease or chronic condition of horses involving an allergic bronchitis characterised by wheeze, coughing and laboured breathing. vb. (past participle of break wind English)

WordNet
broken wind

n. a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks [syn: heaves]

Usage examples of "broken wind".

Guns going off behind him like artillery now, just bam-bam-bam-bam, and he felt another hot load go hustling by, this one to the left of his head, and a black hole appeared in the siding below the broken window.

There are bullet-holes in the siding and broken windows from the previous assault, but on this run it has been completely untouched.