green-broke

Adjective

greenbroke (comparative more greenbroke, superlative most greenbroke)

1. Newly tamed; not fully domesticated for all forms of working.
   • Just halfway decent greenbroke horses. Say six saddles. Double and stop and stand still to be saddled.1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 103
2. (broadly) Somewhat wild or inexperienced; not completely socialized or comfortable with an activity.
   • He writes: "To my daughter Caroline, a greenbroke five-year-old, who despite the occasional need of a heavy hand gives promise of an eventual good, if spirited performance.”1943, 132, Wilson library bulletin - Volume 18, page 132