Greenbroke

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Newly tamed; not fully domesticated for all forms of working.

    "Just halfway decent greenbroke horses. Say six saddles. Double and stop and stand still to be saddled."

  2. 2
    Somewhat wild or inexperienced; not completely socialized or comfortable with an activity. broadly

    "He writes: "To my daughter Caroline, a greenbroke five-year-old, who despite the occasional need of a heavy hand gives promise of an eventual good, if spirited performance.”"

Example

More examples

"Just halfway decent greenbroke horses. Say six saddles. Double and stop and stand still to be saddled."

Etymology

From green + broke.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.