wind-suck, v.
(ˈwɪndsʌk)
[Back-formation from next (sense 2).]
intr. Of a horse: To have the vice of noisily drawing in and swallowing air (often associated with crib-biting). Also ˈwind-ˌsucking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| 1844 H. Stephens Bk. Farm II. 228 Wind-sucking consists in swallowing air, without fixing the mouth. Ibid. 229 He continued to crib-bite or wind-suck. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Crib-strap, a neck-throttler for crib-biting and wind⁓sucking horses. 1908 Animal Managem. 81 Indigestion and colic..result from windsucking and crib-biting. |