southboundadj.adv.n.
/ˈsaʊθbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθˌbaʊnd/ A. adj.
1. Bound or directed southwards; travelling south.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > to specific point of compass
south about1646
northbound1823
westbound1847
downbound1849
southbound1850
eastbound1871
1850 D. Millar Tay ii. 75 A sight to south-bound wanderer somewhat rare.
1869 F. Newte Twenty Years Wanderings iv. 72 At the present day, it is impossible to imagine the immense amount of inconvenience such a contretemps occasioned to all south-bound travellers.
1885 H. H. Jackson Zeph vi. 227 I am going on the south-bound train.
1958 T. Williams Orpheus Descending iii. 88 My gear's all packed. I'm catchin' the southbound bus.
1980 K. Follett Key to Rebecca xxvi. 276 Southbound trains are less in demand.
2008 Stourbridge News (Nexis) 21 May Dudley Road will be closed to southbound traffic..during these road works.
2. Intended for traffic travelling south.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > intended for travelling south
southbound1881
1881 Newcastle Courant 29 July 3/6 A subsequent despatch..reported that the south-bound stage on the El Pasco and Chihuahua line was attacked by Indians.
1922 Northeastern Reporter 132 781/1 The first two automobiles crossed the south-bound track safely.
1957 N.Y. Times 12 Mar. 29/1 Seventh Avenue is now a southbound route from Central Park South to the east side of Times Square.
2001 Times (Nexis) 3 July The chaos began at 9.27am on the southbound section of the Victoria Line when a train leaving Highbury and Islington stalled as it moved off.
B. adv.
Towards the south; in a southerly direction.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adverb]
southeOE
southrighteOE
southwardeOE
southwardseOE
southenOE
downwarda1387
south'ard1485
south side1489
southlya1552
downwards1577
southerly1577
southwardly1579
southernly1594
south-by1762
a-south1807
south-away1816
downbound1880
southbound1891
1891 Boston Daily Globe 27 Nov. 3/8 The Belt line cars now running via Tremont and Boylston sts., will hereafter run south bound on Cornhill and Washington sts.
1913 J. E. Wing In Foreign Fields 51 Let no Yankee laborer go southbound expecting to work with his hands.
1963 Times 1 Jan. 10/2 Under the proposed scheme, Blackwall Tunnel would be one-way northbound and Rotherhithe Tunnel one-way southbound.
1985 Jrnl. Criminal Law & Criminol. 76 1008 Thrasher followed the truck as it continued southbound while Cooke stopped the Pontiac.
2000 Truck & Driver Nov. 32/1 As you approach southbound on the M6 there's a slight rise which totally obscures vision.
C. n.
U.S. A southbound train.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > going in specific direction
up1849
eastbound1892
westbound1897
northbound1900
southbound1903
1903 ‘O. Henry’ in Everybody's Mag. Feb. 173/1 Passengers on the south-bound saw them seated together.
1932 W. Faulkner Light in August xv. 340 Folks..begun to come in and buy tickets for the southbound.
c1985 M. Coel Goin' Railroading (1998) xxii. 147 Since we had right of track, the southbound was supposed to take the siding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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