frost-bound
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Amsterdam, and crossing the ice with his cavalry took the Dutch fleet, as it lay frost-bound at the Texel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
But we might expect to see the whole wintry hemisphere, at any rate, frost-bound, since the sun radiates less than half as much heat on Mars as on the earth.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
It closed reluctantly, with a loud shrilling of its frost-bound hinges and frame.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
Far over the broad, rolling prairies, as yet bare and frost-bound, the sun shone brightly.
From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.
She had recovered from the first shock caused by Carroll’s news, but though she could face the situation more calmly, she could find no comfort anywhere—Vane was lying helpless and famishing, in the frost-bound wilderness.
From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold
