rock-bound

rock-bound
/rok"bownd'/, adj.
hemmed in, enclosed, or covered by rocks; rocky: the rock-bound coast of Maine.
Also, rockbound.
[1830-40]

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rockˈ-bound adjective
1. Hemmed in by rock
2. Rocky
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Main Entry:rock

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rock-bound «ROK BOWND», adjective.
surrounded by rocks; rocky: »

a rock-bound harbor.

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adj. (of a coast or shore) rocky and inaccessible

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