Weather-bound

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  confined \confined\ adj.
     1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
        usually a building. Opposite of {unconfined}.
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {claustrophobic}; {close, confining};
           {homebound, housebound, shut-in}; {in


           childbed(prenominal)}; {pent, shut up(predicate)};
           {snowbound}; {weather-bound}; {stormbound,
           storm-bound}]
           [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
        restraint.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
        area; -- of animals.
  
     Syn: fenced in, penned.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     5. held prisoner.
  
     Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
        as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
        the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Weather-bound \Weath"er-bound`\, a.
     Kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather;
     as, a weather-bound vessel.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  weather-bound
       adj : delayed or shut in by bad weather; "weather-bound traffic";
             "irritable weather-bound children"