Bro·ken-backed a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
2. Naut. Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
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broken-backed
adj 1: having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a
broken-backed old horse"
2: (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony
growth
3: (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end [syn: hogged]