weatherbound

We were weatherbound, and as the days passed in monotony we lost the hope of doing.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

He was weatherbound, as all the fishing boats were in Recherche or Southport at the entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel; the report from the Maatsuyker lighthouse on the south coast showed the weather to be quite impossible for small craft.

The Rainbow and the Rose Shute, Nevil, 1899-1960 1958

We were weatherbound yet another day, everything damp and sticky.

Southern Arabia Mabel Bent

You were weatherbound here hours ago, and listen to it now.

VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea David Christie Murray

This cause alone would have weatherbound the Mussulmans for ever within the

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various

The vault reverberated; every gargoyle instantly poured its full discharge; we waded back to the inn, ankle-deep in IMPROMPTU brooks; and the rest of the afternoon sat weatherbound, hearkening to the sonorous deluge.

The Wrecker 1898

A few days after, our party, being weatherbound at Salerno, had resort to all our talents to pass the time, and songs and stories were the fashion of the day.

Authors and Friends Fields, Annie, 1834-1915 1896

Indeed it is not surprising if he sometimes grew weary in long rides upon Highland ponies, or if, when weatherbound in a remote village in Skye, he declared that this was a “waste of life.”

Samuel Johnson Leslie, Stephen 1878

Turning away at last from the view, we went in search of the house of the Curé of Santa Lucia, upon the outer walls of which, as the story goes, there once existed a fresco by Titian – painted, it was said, in return for the hospitality with which he was entertained there when weatherbound in winter on his way to Venice.

Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys 1873

A few days after, our party, being weatherbound at Salerno, had resort to all our talents to pass the time, and songs and stories were the fashion of the day.

Authors and Friends Annie Fields 1874