broken-backed

1. A broken-backed book; a broken-backed old horse.
   书瘠破损了的书；脊骨断了的老马。
2. And someone had been apprehended cutting down trees, a row of elms broken-backed among the VWs and Valiants.
   有人因砍树被捕，一排被腰斩的榆树倒在大众和威廉中间。

adj

1. (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end

   Synonym:    hogged

2. having the spine damaged
   1. a broken-backed book
   2. a broken-backed old horse

3. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth