Weather-bound
Participial adjective
Etymology: it is analysed into weather and bound.
Definition: prevented from going out, sailing, travelling, or other outdoor act, by such an inconvenient weather as rain, snow, etc.
It may be approximately translated by impedido de salir por mal tiempo, in Spanish; empêché de sortir pour cause de mauvais temps, in French; impedito di lasciare per causa di maltempo, in Italian.
[…] though weather-bound at Riva by one of those storms for which this lake is famous, we saw not a wave upon its surface.
Mary Shelley (Rambles in Germany and Italy)
To-day we are weather-bound. The rain began this morning on a strong south wind which turned into a real storm.
The Letters of Gertrude Bell
‘You see, sir, I am come, according to promise!’ I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; ‘and I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.’
Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights)
They were forced to tarry at Elsingburg three days, weather-bound, before they could cross the ferry to the island of Zealand.
Agnes Strickland (… queens of England)
We were weather-bound until two o’clock. We had an extraordinary rain-storm which lasted all morning.
Edward Penny (customs and society of Mexico)
I was weather-bound by a premature snowstorm for a couple of days, and among my fellow sufferers at the little hostelry were Anthony and his daughter.
John Ironside (The Red Symbol)
