What is "weather-bound"

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]

2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or restraint.

3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor area; -- of animals.

   Syn: fenced in, penned.

4. (Med.) not invading healthy tissue.

5. held prisoner.

   Syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.

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.

a. delayed or prevented from doing some task because of bad weather

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