rock-bound
or rock·bound
hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky: the rock-bound coast of Maine.
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How to use rock-bound in a sentence
A small rock-bound pond curved about the inner base of the moon-viewing hill, duplicating in its clear surface the beauties near.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaIt was a peculiar, narrow little dock, completely rock-bound, except for the passage leading into it.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithIts hotels are delightfully disposed amid flowering gardens or on a terrace overlooking the escarpments of the rock-bound coast.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounBoth coasts were rock-bound, and the heavy swell dashed against the shore great waves, whose foam flew high into the air.
Jack the Young Canoeman | George Bird GrinnellThey could hear the storm-waves outside the port dashing wildly against the rock-bound coast, with fierce suggestions of strife.
The Royal Pawn of Venice | Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
British Dictionary definitions for rock-bound
hemmed in or encircled by rocks: Also (poetic): rock-girt
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