outward-bound

¹

[ out-werd-bound ]

adjective

1. headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports:

   We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.

Outward Bound

²

noun

1. a play (1923) by Sutton Vane.

Outward Bound

noun

1. (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people

Word History and Origins

Origin of outward-bound¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

While there’s little chance that China will fully cede its mantle as the world’s electronics workshop anytime soon, the outward-bound trend is accelerating.

From Seattle Times

Her style is cool and outward-bound; I’d love to love it.

From New York Times

The phrase comes from a scene in the last pages of the book where I am shadowing some young men on an outward-bound course in the Colorado Rockies.

From National Geographic

IT IS hard to rise to the top in business without doing an outward-bound course.

From Economist

That "path of gold", its suddenness and steadiness captured in the single word, "straight", welcomes a traveller now firmly outward-bound.

From The Guardian