weather-bound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of weather-bound
First recorded in 1580–90
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
Perhaps Samuel Johnson, LL.D., was near the mark when he said that the author that thinks himself weather-bound will find, with a little help from hellebore, that he is only idle or exhausted.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus
He had not, however, left the country; for the Dutchman had been compelled to take shelter from the storm, and Fennefos lay weather-bound at Sm�rvigen, a few miles from the town.
From Skipper Worse by Kielland, Alexander Lange
But for a few days, contrary winds held him weather-bound.
From Silent Struggles by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
