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"