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
The King made it a point to entertain the sailors when vessels were detained by rough weather, and they began to think Beaver Harbor was not a bad place to be weather-bound.
From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Williams, Elizabeth Whitney
We were up on the island yesterday, and saw open sea to the south, but are still lying weather-bound as before.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof
I was weather-bound by a premature snowstorm for a couple of days, and among my fellow sufferers at the little hostelry were Anthony and his daughter.”
From The Red Symbol by Ironside, John
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