Weatherbound

//ˈwɛðəbaʊnd// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling. often

    "WEATHERBOUND IN THE SUBURBS [title]. The air is damp, the skies are leaden; / The ominous lull of impending rain / Presses upon me, and seems to deaden / Every sense but a sense of pain. // Hopes of getting again to London / Lapse into utter and grim despair; […]"

Example

More examples

"WEATHERBOUND IN THE SUBURBS [title]. The air is damp, the skies are leaden; / The ominous lull of impending rain / Presses upon me, and seems to deaden / Every sense but a sense of pain. // Hopes of getting again to London / Lapse into utter and grim despair; […]"

Etymology

From weather + bound.

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