windbound

[ wind-bound ]

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.

windbound

/ ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd /

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of windbound¹

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

Example Sentences

Windbound means when the ship is detained in one particular station by contrary winds.

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I remarked to him, that every time I had passed that way, I found cause to fear our being windbound on the coasts of Barbary.

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On one occasion a collier brig had been windbound for several days in the Yarmouth roads.

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

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

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