tide-bound
[ tahyd-bound ]
adjectiveNautical.
(of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.
Origin of tide-bound
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby tide-bound
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How to use tide-bound in a sentence
I know they used to get becalmed and tide-bound out here and the sailors would come ashore and raid fruit orchards.
My Boyhood | John Burroughs
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