tide-bound
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of tide-bound
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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They saw the tide-bound battered ship Creep close below against the bank; They saw it cringe and shrink; it shrank As shrinks some huge black beast with fear When some uncommon dread is near.
From Songs of the Mexican Seas by Joaquin Miller
I know they used to get becalmed and tide-bound out here and the sailors would come ashore and raid fruit orchards.
From My Boyhood by John Burroughs
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