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Definition of Broken-field
1. Adjective. Varying in direction suddenly and frequently. "Broken-field running"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broken-field
Literary usage of Broken-field
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"SONGS IN A HOSPITAL THE BROKEN FIELD My soul is a dark ploughed field In the cold
rain; My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain. ..."
2. A Book of Yale Review Verse (1917)
"SARA TEASDALE SONGS IN A HOSPITAL The Broken Field My soul is a dark ploughed
field In the cold rain; My soul is a broken field Ploughed by pain. ..."
3. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1921)
"... even during the nesting season, and in spring and summer seem to be equally
busy "ploughing up" the earth in the already broken field with their long, ..."
4. Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1904)
"... even during the nesting season, and in spring and summer seem to be equally
busy "ploughing up" the earth in the already broken field with their long, ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"... which naturally occur during the great crushes are soon again covered by fresh
ice in winter ; the intense cold keeps repairing the broken field of ice. ..."
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