tide-bound
[ tahyd-bound ]
/ ˈtaɪdˌbaʊnd /
adjective Nautical.
(of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.
Origin of tide-bound
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby tide-bound
tide mill,
tide over,
tide pool,
tide race,
tide table,
tide-bound,
tide-gauge,
tide-generating force,
tide-rip,
tidehead,
tideland
Example sentences from the Web for tide-bound
I know they used to get becalmed and tide-bound out here and the sailors would come ashore and raid fruit orchards.
My Boyhood |John Burroughs