gun-broke

English

Adjective

gun-broke (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of gunbroke
   • 2012, Bill Graves, On the Back Roads: Discovering Small Towns of America, page 253:

     But unless a horse is gun-broke, you better get off to shoot.

   • 2013, Leslie Charteris, The Saint Goes West:

     He had had no time to wonder whether the horses were gun-broke, and it would probably have made very little difference if he had.

   • 2014, Max Brand, Long, Long Trail:

     "Now ain't that a fool kid thing to do?" he cried. "Shooting a gun without asking you if your hosses was gun-broke? […] "