stormbound
confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.
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How to use stormbound in a sentence
The hut of refuge was already full of stormbound peasants when he entered.
The Book of Old English Ballads | George Wharton Edwards“More likely some travelers stormbound like ourselves,” returned Joe practically.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickNot to become stormbound, they increased their pace, reaching the lower end of the gulch by six o'clock in the evening.
To Alaska for Gold | Edward StratemeyerThe snowstorm proved such a heavy one that for three days the party at Professor Jeffers cabin were completely stormbound.
First at the North Pole | Edward StratemeyerOr, if you are lost or stormbound, my car is in the old barn and I will drive you anywhere that you say.
The Thing from the Lake | Eleanor M. Ingram
British Dictionary definitions for stormbound
/ (ˈstɔːmˌbaʊnd) /
detained or harassed by storms
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