outward-boundadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌaʊtwədˈbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈaʊtwərdˈbaʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: outward adv., bound adj.¹

Etymology: < outward adv. + bound adj.¹

a. Proceeding or directed outward, going away from home; (esp. of a ship) going from a home port to a foreign one. Also as n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > on an outward voyage

outward-bound1602

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > outwards

outbound1598

outward-bound1602

forward1840

downbound1849

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 3^v When, either outward, or homeward bound, they are checked by an East..wind.

1668 Earl of Clarendon Vindic. in Tracts (1727) 7 Six or seven merchant ships, whereof some were outward-bound with merchandize.

1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. Prol. 12 Temple and Summer, not contenting themselves with the Mail that was coming in, resolv'd to wait for that which was outward-bound.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 238 If an Accident happen to Ship or Cargo on the outwardbound Voyage.

1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. xlvi. 110 My entertainment at this house, outward-bound, was half a second-hand roasted turkey.

1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 14 Apr. 87/1 He would find himself on the top of one of the outward-bound coaches of the metropolis.

1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvi. 180 I had remained at Deal about three weeks, when an outward-bound Indiaman anchored in the Downs.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 July 5/1 There is no precaution taken against outward-bounds meeting homeward-bounds?

1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance i. i. 9 An outward-bound West Indianan would pick them up.

1994 P. Muldoon New Sel. Poems (1996) 147 Gravel was thrown up against the window-pane not by Michael Furey but the Dean who stepped on to an outward-bound tram.

†b. figurative. Bent on wandering or straying. Obsolete. rare.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > inclined to or characterized by wandering

wancraunt1422

roving1566

runabout1573

wandering1582

vagrant1583

gaddy1637

outward-bound1743

gadabout1753

free-ranging1841

planeticose1849

knockabout1886

picaresque1959

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 14 Thought outward-bound..flies off In Fume and Dissipation.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 128 An outward-bound youth, and difficult to handle by reason of his carelessness.

c. figurative. Departing this life, dying. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying

deadlyc893

swelting?a1400

dyingc1450

at (the) utterance1525

in (the, his) extremes1551

parting1562

Acherontic1597

ending1600

departing1603

on one's last legs1614

expiring1635

mortifying1649

morient1679

upon one's last stretch1680

gasping1681

à la mort1700

moribund1721

outward-bound1809

terminal1854

on the brink of the grave1872

defunctive1929

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. v. 237 The mistress joined the outward bound colony of my patients.

1890 H. Caine Bondman x He's really past help. He's outward bound, poor chap.

1929 F. L. Nebel Graft viii, in Black Mask May 40/2 ‘Come on mister, am I done for?’.. He stared with the fierce concentration of those who are outward bound.

2. Usually in form Outward Bound. Originally: designating a sea school founded by Kurt Hahn at Aberdyfi in Wales in 1941. Now: of, relating to, or designating the Outward Bound Trust formed in 1946 on the basis of Hahn's school, to provide opportunities for young people to participate in outdoor and adventure activities. Hence more widely (also outward bound): designating or relating to any outdoor activity course for adults or young people. Also as n.A proprietary name.

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society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school

writing schoola1475

rectory1536

spelling school1704

greycoat1706

rural school1734

Charter School1763

home school1770

Philanthropine1797

British school1819

side school1826

prep school1829

trade school1829

Progymnasium1833

finishing-school1836

field schoola1840

field school1846

prairie school1851

graded school1852

model school1854

Philanthropinum1856

stagiary school1861

grade school1869

middle school1870

language school1878

correspondence school1889

day continuation school1889

prep1891

Sunday school1901

farm school1903

weekend school1907

Charter School1912

folk high school1914

pre-kindergarten1922

Rabfak1924

cram-shop1926

free school1926

crammer1931

composite school1943

outward-bound1943

blackboard jungle1954

pathshala1956

Vo-Tech1956

St. Trinian's1958

juku1962

cadre school1966

telecentre1967

academy2000

academy school2000

1943 Times 28 June 2/4 Dr G. M. Trevelyan..at Aberdovey on Saturday gave the name of Garibaldi to a sea-going ketch presented by the partners of Alfred Holt and Co., shipowners, to the Outward Bound Sea School.

1950 Times Educ. Suppl. 16 June 474/1 Variety is the spice of the Outward Bound life.

1961 Visct. Montgomery Path to Leadership xi. 173 In my opinion the best character training given to boys in Britain is that provided by the Outward Bound Trust, through their sea and mountain schools... Outward Bound can take only some 4,000 boys a year.

1977 P. Theroux Consul's File 42 He was the local magistrate. An Outward Bound type..dead keen to go camping.

1991 London kills Me in Coll. Screenplays (2002) I. 245 As a reward..they send us on this outward bound shit. We're trudging up a mountain, ten deviants, with four social workers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	outward-bound
释义	outward-boundadj.n. Brit. /ˌaʊtwədˈbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈaʊtwərdˈbaʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: outward adv., bound adj.¹ Etymology: < outward adv. + bound adj.¹ 1. a. Proceeding or directed outward, going away from home; (esp. of a ship) going from a home port to a foreign one. Also as n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [adjective] > on an outward voyage outward-bound1602 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > [adjective] > outwards outbound1598 outward-bound1602 forward1840 downbound1849 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 3^v When, either outward, or homeward bound, they are checked by an East..wind. 1668 Earl of Clarendon Vindic. in Tracts (1727) 7 Six or seven merchant ships, whereof some were outward-bound with merchandize. 1692 C. Gildon Post-boy rob'd of his Mail I. Prol. 12 Temple and Summer, not contenting themselves with the Mail that was coming in, resolv'd to wait for that which was outward-bound. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 238 If an Accident happen to Ship or Cargo on the outwardbound Voyage. 1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. xlvi. 110 My entertainment at this house, outward-bound, was half a second-hand roasted turkey. 1832 Chambers' Edinb. Jrnl. 14 Apr. 87/1 He would find himself on the top of one of the outward-bound coaches of the metropolis. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack xxvi. 180 I had remained at Deal about three weeks, when an outward-bound Indiaman anchored in the Downs. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 July 5/1 There is no precaution taken against outward-bounds meeting homeward-bounds? 1903 J. Conrad & F. M. Hueffer Romance i. i. 9 An outward-bound West Indianan would pick them up. 1994 P. Muldoon New Sel. Poems (1996) 147 Gravel was thrown up against the window-pane not by Michael Furey but the Dean who stepped on to an outward-bound tram. †b. figurative. Bent on wandering or straying. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > inclined to or characterized by wandering wancraunt1422 roving1566 runabout1573 wandering1582 vagrant1583 gaddy1637 outward-bound1743 gadabout1753 free-ranging1841 planeticose1849 knockabout1886 picaresque1959 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 14 Thought outward-bound..flies off In Fume and Dissipation. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 128 An outward-bound youth, and difficult to handle by reason of his carelessness. c. figurative. Departing this life, dying. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > dying deadlyc893 swelting?a1400 dyingc1450 at (the) utterance1525 in (the, his) extremes1551 parting1562 Acherontic1597 ending1600 departing1603 on one's last legs1614 expiring1635 mortifying1649 morient1679 upon one's last stretch1680 gasping1681 à la mort1700 moribund1721 outward-bound1809 terminal1854 on the brink of the grave1872 defunctive1929 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. v. 237 The mistress joined the outward bound colony of my patients. 1890 H. Caine Bondman x He's really past help. He's outward bound, poor chap. 1929 F. L. Nebel Graft viii, in Black Mask May 40/2 ‘Come on mister, am I done for?’.. He stared with the fierce concentration of those who are outward bound. 2. Usually in form Outward Bound. Originally: designating a sea school founded by Kurt Hahn at Aberdyfi in Wales in 1941. Now: of, relating to, or designating the Outward Bound Trust formed in 1946 on the basis of Hahn's school, to provide opportunities for young people to participate in outdoor and adventure activities. Hence more widely (also outward bound): designating or relating to any outdoor activity course for adults or young people. Also as n.A proprietary name. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > other types of school writing schoola1475 rectory1536 spelling school1704 greycoat1706 rural school1734 Charter School1763 home school1770 Philanthropine1797 British school1819 side school1826 prep school1829 trade school1829 Progymnasium1833 finishing-school1836 field schoola1840 field school1846 prairie school1851 graded school1852 model school1854 Philanthropinum1856 stagiary school1861 grade school1869 middle school1870 language school1878 correspondence school1889 day continuation school1889 prep1891 Sunday school1901 farm school1903 weekend school1907 Charter School1912 folk high school1914 pre-kindergarten1922 Rabfak1924 cram-shop1926 free school1926 crammer1931 composite school1943 outward-bound1943 blackboard jungle1954 pathshala1956 Vo-Tech1956 St. Trinian's1958 juku1962 cadre school1966 telecentre1967 academy2000 academy school2000 1943 Times 28 June 2/4 Dr G. M. Trevelyan..at Aberdovey on Saturday gave the name of Garibaldi to a sea-going ketch presented by the partners of Alfred Holt and Co., shipowners, to the Outward Bound Sea School. 1950 Times Educ. Suppl. 16 June 474/1 Variety is the spice of the Outward Bound life. 1961 Visct. Montgomery Path to Leadership xi. 173 In my opinion the best character training given to boys in Britain is that provided by the Outward Bound Trust, through their sea and mountain schools... Outward Bound can take only some 4,000 boys a year. 1977 P. Theroux Consul's File 42 He was the local magistrate. An Outward Bound type..dead keen to go camping. 1991 London kills Me in Coll. Screenplays (2002) I. 245 As a reward..they send us on this outward bound shit. We're trudging up a mountain, ten deviants, with four social workers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1602
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