rock-bound

or rock·bound

[ rok-bound ]
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adjective
  1. hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky: the rock-bound coast of Maine.

Origin of rock-bound

1
First recorded in 1830–40

Words Nearby rock-bound

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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 Fenollosa
  • It was a peculiar, narrow little dock, completely rock-bound, except for the passage leading into it.

    The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley Smith
  • Its hotels are delightfully disposed amid flowering gardens or on a terrace overlooking the escarpments of the rock-bound coast.

  • Both 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 Grinnell
  • They 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

rock-bound

adjective
  1. hemmed in or encircled by rocks: Also (poetic): rock-girt

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