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

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