trailbroke

English

Adjective

trailbroke (comparative more trailbroke, superlative most trailbroke)

1. (of livestock) Acclimated to being on a trail.

   Synonym: trailbroken

   • 1913, B. M. Bower, The Gringos: A Story of the Old California Days in 1849, page 336:

     And that yellow horse ain't what you can call trail[-]broke.

   • 1982, Robert Vaughn Bell, Feud at Devil's River, page 159:

     It would take a few days of driving before they could be called trailbroke.

Verb

trailbroke

1. simple past and past participle of trailbreak