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Definition of broken-backed in English English dictionary
- Decrepit, weakened
- Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine
- Having a broken back
- having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"
- (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end
- (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
- (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"
- brokenbacked
- Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair
- brokenbacked
- Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; said of a ship