Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Suffering from chest-foundering: said of a horse.
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Examples
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The large thoroughbred got a most tremendous fall out hunting, nearly broke my neck, and was chest-foundered ever afterwards.
The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B. 1903
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The pointer, somewhat too heavy before, and hardly worked, becomes what is called chest-foundered.
The Dog William Youatt 1811
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