outward-bound
headed in an outward direction, as toward foreign ports: We passed an outward-bound ship as we came into the harbor.
Origin of outward-bound
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a play (1923) by Sutton Vane.
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How to use outward-bound in a sentence
The Governor and his council were vested with the power of laying an embargo upon outward bound vessels.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington GreeneOwing to this, the return voyage does not admit of being described so accurately as the outward bound.
A clang of bells and the hooting of an outward-bound liner came up from the city and the port.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady | Lucas MaletEvery outward-bound boat had its flag flying at the jack-staff, and sometimes a duplicate on the verge staff astern.
Life On The Mississippi, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)I saw them picked up, with my own eyes, and by what appeared to me to be an outward-bound West Indiaman.
Miles Wallingford | James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for Outward Bound
trademark (in Britain) a scheme to provide adventure training for young people
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