Windbound

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  • adj. Unable to sail because of high winds, or of onshore winds
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. prevented from sailing, by a contrary wind. See weatherbound.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Prevented from sailing by contrary winds; detained by contrary winds: as, windbound ships.
    • Word Usage
    "The country at the back of Brenzett is low and flat, but the bay is fairly well sheltered from the seas, and occasionally a big ship, windbound or through stress of weather, makes use of the anchoring ground a mile and a half due north from you as you stand at the back door of the “Ship Inn” in Brenzett."
    Variant
    weather-bound   
     
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