windbound

American  

[wind-bound] / ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd /

adjective

1. (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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windbound British  

/ ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of windbound

First recorded in 1580–90; wind ¹ + -bound ¹

Example Sentences

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

From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick

And there we were still windbound and helpless, with stomachs crying continually for food.

From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon

The two Continental frigates lie windbound, with three brigs of twenty guns and some others, which are all going out in company.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

But Hubbard was firm in the belief that we should take the route we knew, and renewed his argument about the possibility of getting windbound on Goose Bay, into which we thought the river flowed.

From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon

The day after this conversation we fell in with several vessels windbound at the entrance of the Channel.

From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick