[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

confined \confined\ adj.
   1. having movement restricted to within a certain area; --
      usually a building. opposite of unconfined.

   note: narrower terms: claustrophobic; close, confining;
         homebound, housebound, shut-in; in
         childbedprenominal; pent, shut uppredicate;
         snowbound; weather-bound; stormbound,
         storm-bound
         wordnet 1.5

   2. deprived of liberty; especially placed under arrest or
      restraint.
      wordnet 1.5

   3. having movement restricted to within an enclosed outdoor
      area; -- of animals.

   syn: fenced in, penned.
        wordnet 1.5

   4. med. not invading healthy tissue.
      wordnet 1.5

   5. held prisoner.

   syn: captive, imprisoned, jailed.
        wordnet 1.5

   6. having movement or progress restricted to a certain area;
      as, an outbreak of the plague confined to one quarter of
      the city; wildfires confined to within the canyon.
      pjc
see also:
unconfined claustrophobic close, confining homebound, housebound, shut-in in childbedprenominal pent, shut uppredicate 
snowbound weather-bound stormbound, storm-bound 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

weather-bound \weath"er-bound`\, a.
   kept in port or at anchor by storms; delayed by bad weather;
   as, a weather-bound vessel.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

weather-bound
     adj : delayed or shut in by bad weather; "weather-bound traffic";
           "irritable weather-bound children"

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