windbound

[ wind-bound ]

/ ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd /

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adjective

(of a sailing ship, sailboat, or the like) kept from sailing by a wind from the wrong direction or one of too high velocity.

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Origin of windbound

First recorded in 1580–90; wind¹ + -bound¹

Words nearby windbound

wind-bell, windbill, windblast, windblown, wind-borne, windbound, windbreak, Windbreaker, wind-broken, windburn, Wind Cave National Park

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How to use windbound in a sentence

Windbound means when the ship is detained in one particular station by contrary winds.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
I remarked to him, that every time I had passed that way, I found cause to fear our being windbound on the coasts of Barbary.
Perils and Captivity|Charlotte-Adlade [ne Picard] Dard
On one occasion a collier brig had been windbound for several days in the Yarmouth roads.
The Shellback's Progress|Walter Runciman
The day after this conversation we fell in with several vessels windbound at the entrance of the Channel.
Poor Jack|Frederick Marryat

On the third we were all separated, having fallen in with many windbound vessels who required our services.
Poor Jack|Frederick Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for windbound

windbound

/ (ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd) /

adjective

(of a sailing vessel) prevented from sailing by an unfavourable wind

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