The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Half-bred \Half"-bred`\ (-br[e^]d`), a. 1. Half-blooded. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding; not well trained. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
half-bred adj 1: (of animals) having only one purebred parent [syn: half- blooded, half-bred, half-breed]