ice-boundadj.
/ˈʌɪsbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈaɪsˌbaʊnd/ Held fast or confined by ice; covered by ice, frozen in; surrounded or hemmed in by ice. Also figurative.
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the world > the earth > water > ice > [adjective] > confined or surrounded by ice
ice-bounda1637
society > travel > [adjective] > detained by bad weather
storm-stayed1491
storm-stead1513
wintered1556
wind-bound1588
weather-bound1590
water-bound1776
ice-bound1822
snowed-up1836
fog-logged1846
snowed-in1904
a1637 B. Jonson Sad Shepherd ii. iv. 145 in Wks. (1640) III Oft when the medowes, were growne rough with frost, The rivers ice-bound, and their currents lost, My thick warme fleece I wore. View more context for this quotation
a1658 J. Cleveland Content in Wks. (1687) 248 Some Ice-bound Wilderness.
1697 J. Drake Sham-lawyer ii. 16 No Joy can spring through such an Ice-bound Clay.
1778 Gentleman's & London Mag. Aug. 435/1 The American settlers will rather emigrate..even to those ice-bound islands lately discovered near the south pole.
1822 Ld. Byron Vision of Judgm. xxvii A new Aurora borealis..seen, when ice-bound, By Captain Parry's crew.
1851 F. D. Maurice Patriarchs & Law-givers (1855) vii. 145 That he should open springs in hearts hitherto ice-bound!
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 263 Dædalus..Sailed for the ice-bound north.
1911 E. Duncan Story of Carol xiv. 180 On Christmas Eve country carol-singers spent half the night tramping the ice-bound ways.
2004 High Mountain Mar. 10/3 There are places that most of us may never see for ourselves, like the Australian Outback, Patagonia, or the ice-bound peaks of the Yukon.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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