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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. delayed or shut in by bad weather;
- Example: "weather-bound traffic"
- Example: "irritable weather-bound children"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

weather-bound adj 1: delayed or shut in by bad weather; "weather-bound traffic"; "irritable weather-bound children"