gunbroke

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

gun +‎ broke

Adjective

gunbroke (not comparable)

  1. (of a horse) Trained not to spook when a gun is fired nearby.
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 42:
      Well hold his horse. He might not be gunbroke.
    • 2009, Will Armstrong, Jordan Land, page 122:
      Most o' the horses are gunbroke an' they're less likely to spook than the cattle.
    • 2014, Aaron Gwyn, Wynne's War: A Novel, page 114:
      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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