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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
earth-bound

c.1600, from earth (n.) + bound (adj.). Figurative sense is from 1869.

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earth-bound

a. (alternative spelling of earthbound English)

Usage examples of "earth-bound".

Like its namesake in seagoing amphibious landing ships of ancient Earth-bound navies, the well deck was located in the lower, forward part of the ship's hull—.

Like its namesake in seagoing amphibious landing ships of ancient Earth-bound navies, the well deck was located in the lower, forward part of the ship'.

And the prejudices and constraints of Earth-bound thinking - genophobia, for instance - would work to block any researcher, or any corporation, from developments or discoveries large enough to outsize Earth's hungers.

Astronomers in Earth-bound observatories have also found unmistakable evidence of hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid as gases in the upper atmosphere of Venus.

From the scroll, I could not tell if they were worried for her well-being, or frantic at having become the sole providers for several earth-bound dragons.