weather-bound

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from 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]

from 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]