What does out of wind mean?

out of wind

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

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"In riding up hill the horse is always to be favoured, by bearing him hard, for fear of running him out of wind; but in running down hill, if the horse's feet and shoulders will bear it, and the rider dares venture his neck, he may have a full loose."
"Scroggins came to the scratch much distressed and out of wind."
"And I was the one had to blow on it to keep it goin' he was plumb out of wind."

out of breath

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