stormbound

[ stawrm-bound ]

adjective
  1. confined, detained, or isolated by storms: a stormbound ship; a stormbound village.

Origin of stormbound

1
First recorded in 1820–30; storm + -bound1

Words Nearby stormbound

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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.

  • Not 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 Stratemeyer
  • The 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 Stratemeyer
  • Or, 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

stormbound

/ (ˈstɔːmˌbaʊnd) /


adjective
  1. detained or harassed by storms

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