waterboundとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From water +‎ -bound.

形容詞

waterbound (not comparable)

1. Surrounded by water; restricted from movement because of water.
   • 2004, Dirk Powell, “Waterbound”, in Time Again:

     Waterbound on a stranger's shore / River, rising to my door / Carried my home to the field below / I was waterbound, nowhere to go

2. Restricted to water.
   • 2015, Jannes Verstichel, Greet Van den Berghe, “Scheduling serial locks: A green wave for waterbound logistics.”, in Sustainable logistics and supply chains: Innovations and integral approaches.‎, archived from the original on 25 January 2026, page 92:

     Waterbound transportation could well gain a significant boost in interest from industry, and become a competitive alternative for road and rail transportation, not only by reducing travel time but also by offering accurate estimates of the expected traveltime for each ship.

3. Reinforced with water.
   • 1986, Emile Horak, Ralph H. H. Triebel, “Waterbound macadam as a base and a drainage layer”, in Transportation Research Record‎, volume 1055, archived from the original on 10 April 2024, page 45:

     Waterbound macadam is an old construction technique originating with John Loudon McAdam. The single-sized coarse aggregate is placed and compacted separately on a prepared subbase before the voids are filled with fines, and the material is then compacted and slushed, hence the name waterbound macadam.