Meanings
- not comparableSurrounded by trees or woodland.
- not comparableOf a firearm, jammed due to the swelling of wooden parts when exposed to moisture.
[…] forks, spoons, tin dishes, and knightly implements, soon got coated over with rust; our fire-arms got woodbound; the provisions, too, suffering their quota.
1851, William Kelly, Excursion to California Vol. 2, page 1273 more examples
From the results of experience and from evidence, they believe that side locks are sometimes liable to become woodbound when exposed to wet. This disadvantage is obviated in the Martini lock […]
1869 March 12, “The Small Arms Committee”, in Engineering, volume 7, page 171The men of the 68th who were armed with the new Enfield rifle, could not draw their ramrods, the wood of the rifle, being new, had swelled with the rain and continued dampness, causing the rifle to get woodbound […]
1879, Thomas Faughnan, Stirring Incidents in the Life of a British Soldier, page 196I surmise now that the trigger mechanism must have been woodbound somewhere, or the springing of the stock must have thrown some part of the trigger slightly out of adjustment.
1917, Chas. Askins., “What Do you Know About It?”, in Outdoor Life, page 309
Origin
- Englishwood
- Old Norsebúinn
- Middle Englishbownde
- Englishbound
- Englishwoodbound
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