weather-bound

[ weth -er-bound ]

/ ˈwɛð ərˌbaʊnd /

delayed or shut in by bad weather.

Origin of weather-bound

First recorded in 1580–90

At least, some men in the Lipari Islands when weather-bound have foretold what wind was coming and have not been deceived.

The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) |Polybius
Grandma was weather-bound along with her young turkeys in the granary.

St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 |Various
I was weather-bound, with the snow already on the ground in Square Island Harbour.

A Labrador Doctor |Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
We don't often let ourselves be weather-bound, and I am not going to begin it to-day.

Tales of Daring and Danger |George Alfred Henty

Here, greatly to my disgust, we lay the best part of a week, with a number of other weather-bound vessels.

Paddy Finn |W. H. G. Kingston

weather-bound

(of a vessel, aircraft, etc) delayed by bad weather