ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Gunbroke

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Gunbroke is an adjective meaning (of a horse) Trained not to spook when a gun is fired nearby.

Meaning

(of a horse) Trained not to spook when a gun is fired nearby.

Example Sentences

Well hold his horse. He might not be gunbroke.
Most o' the horses are gunbroke an' they're less likely to spook than the cattle.
They'll stand to be saddled and, long as nobody does anything ignorant, they're not likely to throw. Aren't any of them gunbroke, but we can get them that way.

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Related dictionary entries include gun-broke, greenbroke, green-broke, bellowsed, spancelled, behorsed.

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