weather-bound

[ weth-er-bound ]

adjective

1. delayed or shut in by bad weather.

weather-bound

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of weather-bound¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

Yes, really, cricket: that neglected staple of the British summer, a business of mannered and weather-bound slow-wrought drama, doggedly championed but somehow always reassuringly in retreat.

From The Guardian

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 Project Gutenberg

The sheltered nook we sought already contained a weather-bound vessel.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

This time the fleets had remained weather-bound, unable to start at all until the golden moments were gone--till opportunity had slid into the past.

From Project Gutenberg