The Collaborative International Dictionary
outward-bound \outward-bound\ adj. travelling away from a port or station; as, outward-bound ships. Opposite of inward-bound or inbound.
Syn: departing(prenominal), outbound, outward.
WordNet
Usage examples of "outward-bound".
Sailors and dockhands, soldiers of fortune looking for an outward-bound ship, ladies of negotiable virtue, and the usual assortment of thugs and thieves.
He told it to a Cornish pilchard-boat and a pilot-cutter off the Dodman, to a frigate near the Eddystone, and to some others, mostly outward-bound.
We could have stayed on the bus all the way into town and then got another outward-bounder practically to the door, but it was easier and a little quicker to get off opposite Rookwood Recreation Ground and walk up Harehills Lane, so that's what we did.
As a high-flying jet may leave a vapour trail behind it, so the outward-bound vessel of the Overlords left its own peculiar wake.
Every outward-bound boat had its flag flying at the jack-staff, and sometimes a duplicate on the verge staff astern.