Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a.
   Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult
   respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. --May.

Source : WordNet®

short-winded
     adj : breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown}, {gasping},
            {out of breath(p)}, {panting}, {pursy}, {winded}]