weather-boundadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɛðəbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈwɛðərˌbaʊnd/

Detained by bad weather; prevented by stress of weather from sailing, travelling, or other outdoor activity.

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

1590 R. Ferris Most Dangerous Aduenture B 1 There we were wether bound, and constrained to stay full seuenteene dayes.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 334 The messenger who carried those Letters, being weather bound and sea-beaten, could not come so soone.

1667 London Gaz. No. 193/4 The Fleet of Colliers that lay here weather~bound, are now under sail for the Thames.

1726 R. Gale in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1882) I. 187 I lye weatherbound here by a deep snow.

1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xvii. 346 Two young Americans..were in the house, equally weather-bound with ourselves.

figurative.1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 102 This dependence of the soul upon the seasons..may, I suppose, justly be derided as the fumes of vain imagination... The author that thinks himself weather-bound will find, with a little help from hellebore, that he is only idle or exhausted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	weather-bound
释义	weather-boundadj. Brit. /ˈwɛðəbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈwɛðərˌbaʊnd/ Detained by bad weather; prevented by stress of weather from sailing, travelling, or other outdoor activity. 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 1590 R. Ferris Most Dangerous Aduenture B 1 There we were wether bound, and constrained to stay full seuenteene dayes. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 334 The messenger who carried those Letters, being weather bound and sea-beaten, could not come so soone. 1667 London Gaz. No. 193/4 The Fleet of Colliers that lay here weather~bound, are now under sail for the Thames. 1726 R. Gale in W. C. Lukis Family Mem. W. Stukeley (1882) I. 187 I lye weatherbound here by a deep snow. 1887 T. A. Trollope What I Remember I. xvii. 346 Two young Americans..were in the house, equally weather-bound with ourselves. figurative.1779 S. Johnson Milton in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets II. 102 This dependence of the soul upon the seasons..may, I suppose, justly be derided as the fumes of vain imagination... The author that thinks himself weather-bound will find, with a little help from hellebore, that he is only idle or exhausted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1590
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