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
The break that weather-bound U.S. pilots in the Aleutians had been praying for�some action�came last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lying weather-bound within sight of home, "some few, little better than atheists, of the greatest rank among them," were busying themselves with scandalous imputations upon the chaplain, then lying dangerously ill in his berth.
From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey
It was fun and frolic from morning till midnight; and no party weather-bound in a hotel ever enjoyed themselves more.
From The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock by Optic, Oliver
“It is not exactly the port in which one would choose to be weather-bound, but we may be thankful if we get there.”
From A Yacht Voyage Round England by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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