† awe-bound,ppl.a.Obs. or dial. [f. awe n.1 + bound; cf.prec.n.] Bound by awe or restraint of authority; submissive, obedient. 1631MS.Eccl.Proc.Durh., He was awebound to his wife.1864Atkinson Whitby Gloss.s.v., They were awe⁓bun nowther wi' God nor man.