inbreath
(ˈɪnbrɛθ)
[f. in adv. + breath.]
A drawing in of the breath.
| 1921 R. Graves Pier-Glass 26 The deep in-breath, The breath roaring out. 1936 J. G. Brandon Dragnet iv. 37 It was accompanied by a hissing inbreath from Ferradi. 1956 J. Lotz in L. T. White Frontiers of Knowledge in Study of Man xiv. 212 In Swedish..the word ja, ‘yes’, is very often spoken on the in-breath. |