The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.