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? […] "
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