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单词 windbound
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windbound

[ wind-bound ]
/ ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd /

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.

Origin of windbound

First recorded in 1580–90; wind1 + -bound1

Words nearby windbound

wind-bell, windbill, windblast, windblown, wind-borne, windbound, windbreak, Windbreaker, wind-broken, windburn, Wind Cave National Park
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Example sentences from the Web for windbound

  • On one occasion a collier brig had been windbound for several days in the Yarmouth roads.

    The Shellback's Progress|Walter Runciman

  • Windbound means when the ship is detained in one particular station by contrary winds.

    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various

  • The boats which were windbound eight days arrived this morning all safe and well.

    A History of Oregon, 1792-1849|William Henry Gray

British Dictionary definitions for windbound

windbound
/ (ˈwɪndˌbaʊnd) /

adjective

(of a sailing vessel) prevented from sailing by an unfavourable wind
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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