strikebound

American  

[strahyk-bound] / ˈstraɪkˌbaʊnd /

adjective

1. closed by a strike.

   a strikebound factory.

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strikebound British  

/ ˈstraɪkˌbaʊnd /

adjective

1. (of a factory, etc) closed or made inoperative by a strike

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Etymology

Origin of strikebound

First recorded in 1940–45; strike + -bound ¹

Example Sentences

Homeless people hawked the strikebound paper as management struggled to keep it on the streets.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

At week's end the government also arrested Karim Sanjabi, leader of the opposition's National Front, and ordered troops to help man the strikebound oilfields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unless he learns quickly, a novice will find himself strikebound, bankrupt or on the verge of civil war in no time.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week with the steel mills strikebound since mid-July, the air in Youngstown was ominously clear.

From Time Magazine Archive

In a recent, dramatic example, New York's chain-publishing S. I. Newhouse sold plant and property of his strikebound St. Louis Globe-Democrat to the thriving St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which will print the Globe on contract.

From Time Magazine Archive