frost-bound

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Here lilies that no hand hath sown     Bloom white as foam upon the sea, And elfin bells to earth unknown,     Hold frost-bound melody.

From The Ballad of the Quest by Sheard, Virna

Sometimes it is exported from Archangel, but this port is frost-bound for a great period of the year; moreover, most of the districts are nearer to the Baltic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various

The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John

Thousands, too, from the country, thinking to escape the dreary frost-bound months of rural life, flock to the city and join the enormous army of the unemployed.

From The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street by Munsey, Frank Andrew

In January, 1754, he returned to Virginia, having in the depth of winter traversed the frost-bound backwoods, and risked his life in crossing the Alleghany river.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood