kneebound en · ADJ
Etymology
From knee + bound.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) on one's knees in an act of worship
Fear is what puts butts into pews, what knocks us kneebound as if by the baton of a slavedriver.
2017, Daniel Kraus, The Death and Life of Zebulon Finch, Volume Two: Empire Decayed:Of course they would come. Of course they would get kneebound. People enjoy an honest-to-God prayer meeting in good times and bad.
2009, Stephen King, Under the Dome: