weather-bound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of weather-bound
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
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They stayed there weather-bound for three nights, most hospitably entertained.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
He had been compelled to return, and there he had to remain weather-bound.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by McCarthy, Justin
Here they were weather-bound three days, and so had an opportunity to explore the island.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
But if the weather-bound camper exhausts this or tires of it, he may turn to gun-cleaning or tackle-mending.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
I was weather-bound, with the snow already on the ground in Square Island Harbour.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir
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