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 two days the fleet lay weather-bound in the bay.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard

The meal that evening was a very dull one, and if they did not go to sleep at once after they had gone to bed, certainly there was little fun-making among the weather-bound prisoners.

From The Ice Queen by Ingersoll, Ernest

The ship that carried Philip and Juana was driven by the storm into Melcombe Regis, on the Dorset coast, on the 17th January 1506, and lay there weather-bound for some time.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp