weather-bound

American  

[weth-er-bound] / ˈwɛð ərˌbaʊnd /

adjective

1. delayed or shut in by bad weather.

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weather-bound British  

adjective

1. (of a vessel, aircraft, etc) delayed by bad weather

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Etymology

Origin of weather-bound

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

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

For many weeks the fleet was weather-bound in the Thames.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)

But later in the evening, it came down in such torrents that Nansen deemed it advisable to pitch the tent, and here they remained, weather-bound, for three whole days.

From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.

It contained the mate of the schooner Industry, of New Bedford, who informed us that she had been lying there, weather-bound, for nearly a month.

From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert