windbound
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of windbound
Example Sentences
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He was windbound for several days at Dover, and the man with whom he lodged seems to have offered to let him take his son, named William, aged twelve years, back to Italy.
From Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study by W. G. (William George) Waters
The day after this conversation we fell in with several vessels windbound at the entrance of the Channel.
From Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat
On one occasion a collier brig had been windbound for several days in the Yarmouth roads.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Walter Runciman
On their way to the Holy Land it seems that their ship was windbound for several days, and that they were in danger of being taken prisoners by the pirates of Barbary.
From Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
But it needs no arguing that to all windbound and to disabled ships the means of thus calling for assistance would be invaluable.
From Canada and the States by E. W. (Edward William) Watkin
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