Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a horse that bites parts of its stall, sucking air into its lungs.

1889–90		Barrère & Leland Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.
1917		Van Loan ‘Eliphaz, Late Fairfax’ in Old Man Curry 173: A cribber is a hoss that sucks itself full of wind like a balloon.