firbound en · ADJ
Etymology
From fir + bound.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Bounded or contained by one or many fir trees; confined to the vicinity of fir trees.
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.
2003, Daniel Mathews, Rocky Mountain Natural History: Grand Teton to Jasper, page 499: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.
1894, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, The Congress of Women Held in the Woman′s Building, World′s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893, page 726:Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.
1961, William Sansom, The Last Hours of Sandra Lee, page 229: