firbound
English
Etymology
From fir + bound.
Adjective
firbound (not comparable)
- Bounded or contained by one or many fir trees; confined to the vicinity of fir trees.
- 1894, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, The Congress of Women Held in the Woman′s Building, World′s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893, page 726:
- The great fir branches are laden to the ground with rare mosses and lichens, and looking back over the bay, studded with innumerable firbound islands, snow-capped mountains in the distance, the effect is enchanting and most conducive to romantic and legendary lore.
- 1961, William Sansom, The Last Hours of Sandra Lee, page 229:
- Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.
- 2003, Daniel Mathews, Rocky Mountain Natural History: Grand Teton to Jasper, page 499:
- These eggs produce the fir-overwintering form which in turn engenders two forms, one wingless and firbound, the other flying to spruce to beget either the spruce-overwintering form or a short-lived intermediary sexual generation.
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Anagrams
- unforbid