firbound

English

Etymology

From fir +‎ bound.

Adjective

firbound (not comparable)

1. Bounded or contained by one or many fir trees; confined to the vicinity of fir trees.
   • 1894, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, The Congress of Women Held in the Woman′s Building, World′s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893‎^[1], page 726:

     The great fir branches are laden to the ground with rare mosses and lichens, and looking back over the bay, studded with innumerable firbound islands, snow-capped mountains in the distance, the effect is enchanting and most conducive to romantic and legendary lore.

   • 1961, William Sansom, The Last Hours of Sandra Lee‎^[2], page 229:

     Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.

   • 2003, Daniel Mathews, Rocky Mountain Natural History: Grand Teton to Jasper‎^[3], page 499:

     These eggs produce the fir-overwintering form which in turn engenders two forms, one wingless and firbound, the other flying to spruce to beget either the spruce-overwintering form or a short-lived intermediary sexual generation.

Anagrams

• unforbid