单词 | storm-stayed |
释义 | > as lemmasstorm-stayed storm-stayed adj. (also storm-staid) chiefly Scottish, prevented by stress of weather from making or continuing a journey. ΘΚΠ 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 1491 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 203/1 In the accioun..tueching þe takin of a schip & gudes..stormestaid & drevin to þe Erlis fery. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xxii. 216 An abrupt change of the weather gave us a howling gale outside, and we were all of us storm-stayed. 1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 344 The yadoyas are crowded with storm-staid travellers. < as lemmas |
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