The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wind-broken \Wind"-bro`ken\, a.
Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture,
dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so
that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration
is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves;
-- said of a horse.
--Youatt.
Usage examples of "wind-broken".
The sound of the American gunfire came over the wind-broken water like a growl of thunder, then the lugger was spinning about, sails rippling as the American skipper let his speed carry him through the winds eye, until, taut on the opposite tack, he headed back past the brigs counter towards the fleet of chasse-marees.
He climbed the rain-soaked ratlines, negotiated the lubber's hole and trained his telescope north, but he could see nothing except a wind-broken sea and a mass of clouds on the horizon.
He climbed the rain-soaked ratlines, negotiated the lubber’s hole and trained his telescope north, but he could see nothing except a wind-broken sea and a mass of clouds on the horizon.