(of a sailing vessel) prevented from sailing by an unfavourable wind
windbound in American English
(ˈwɪndˌbaund)
adjective
(of a sailing ship, sailboat, or the like)
kept from sailing by a wind from the wrong direction or one of too high velocity
Word origin
[1580–90; wind1 + -bound1]This word is first recorded in the period 1580–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: academic, critical, humanist, mandarin, piggyback