What is the meaning of broken-backed?

adjective

  • Having the spine damaged.
    • usage: "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"
  • Of a horse. ( having bones of the back united by a bony growth)
  • Of a ship. ( so weakened as to sag at each end).
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