green-broke

English

Adjective

green-broke (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of greenbroke
   • 2012, Barbara Ankrum, This Perfect Stranger:

     But Geronimo, a green-broke three-year old^[sic] gelding, was too frightened to be caught.

   • 2014, Maggie Osborne, The Best Man:

     He didn't want them up on green-broke mounts.

   • 2014, Miles Swarthout, The Last Shootist:

     “Those fou' horses are green-broke now, so I need to drive 'em down to the Ba' Cross for the boys to use as replacements and get 'em cattle-trained before fall roundup.