v. [Back-formation from next (sense 2).] intr. Of a horse: To have the vice of noisily drawing in and swallowing air (often associated with crib-biting). Also Wind-sucking vbl. sb. and ppl. a.
1844. H. Stephens, Bk. Farm, II. 228. Wind-sucking consists in swallowing air, without fixing the mouth. Ibid., 229. He continued to crib-bite or wind-suck.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., Crib-strap, a neck-throttler for crib-biting and wind-sucking horses.
1908. Animal Managem., 81. Indigestion and colic also frequently result from windsucking and crib-biting.
