tide-bound

American  

[tahyd-bound] / ˈtaɪdˌbaʊnd /

adjective

Nautical.

1. (of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.

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Etymology

Origin of tide-bound

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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tide-bound

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 Burroughs, John

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 Miller, Joaquin