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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bro·ken-backed a.
 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
 2. Naut. Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 broken-backed
      adj 1: having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a
             broken-backed old horse"
      2: (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony
         growth
      3: (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end [syn: hogged]