(of a ship or passenger) going away from home.
they were outward bound for the Great Barrier Reef
an outward-bound crude oil carrier
Example sentencesExamples
- Hinkley thumped onto the deck of the nearest outward-bound ship.
- After July 7, passport checks were set up at ports for all outward-bound passengers in order to ensure that terror suspects were not trying to flee the country so as to escape justice.