well-brokenadj.

c1450 Med. Recipes (BL Add. 33996) in F. Heinrich Mittelengl. Medizinbuch (1896) 204 (MED) Tak agolon of wyn..& put þerinne aquarter of scraped lycoris wel y broken.

1561 T. Hoby in tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer Ep. Translatour sig. B.i He said wel that was asked the question, How much the learned differed from the vnlearned, So much (quoth he) as the wel broken & ready horses, from the vnbroken.

1566 T. Blundeville Arte of Rydynge (rev. ed.) ii. x. f. 28^v, in Fower Offices Horsemanshippe To say the truth, wearines and lacke of breath, may cause any horse, be he neuer so well broken, to do the same.

1614 G. Markham 2nd Bk. Eng. Husbandman i. v. 30 Skerrets..delight in a rich mould, moyst and well broken, and must be set deepe in the earth.

1669 R. Baxter Char. of Christian 42 in Direct. Weak Distempered Christians A well-broken and well-ridden horse, that goeth on his journey obediently and quietly.

1729 B. Mandeville Fable Bees ii. vi. 316 All Horses are ungovernable that are not well-broken.

1797 W. G. Maton Observ. Western Counties Eng. II. 74 A well-broken, lofty pile of rocks rise on one side of a little creek, and constitute the termination of a ridge deliciously wooded towards the village.

1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Feb. 173/1 Though his stud was not numerous or choice, it may be said to have been well broken.

1874 Kennel Club Cal. & Stud Bk. 1 147 A brace of remarkably well-broken pointers.

1906 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 7 Feb. 2 (advt.) A nice lot of well-broken useful horses.

1949 Sat. Evening Post 23 Apr. 126/4 He used the gray plenty because Chaquaco was the only well-broken horse in his mount.

2008 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 20 Jan. 38 Most of southern England will have a fine day with well-broken cloud.