overwinded

English

Etymology

over- +‎ winded

Adjective

overwinded (comparative more overwinded, superlative most overwinded)

  1. (music) Of a musical instrument: provided with too much air or wind.
    • 1890, Musical Association (Great Britain), Proceedings of the Musical Association (volume 16, page 154)
      The diapasons, very much overwinded, as I venture to think, puff and whistle to the exclusion of all other sounds.
    • 1895, The Organist and Choirmaster, volume 3, page 43:
      […] the pressure of wind is too much, the tone being forced or overwinded; […]
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