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tide-bound

[ tahyd-bound ]

adjective

, Nautical.
  1. (of a vessel) grounded or otherwise confined at low tide.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tide-bound1

First recorded in 1905–10

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Example Sentences

I know they used to get becalmed and tide-bound out here and the sailors would come ashore and raid fruit orchards.

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