frost-bound
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The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
The little cavalcade sped swiftly on, for the frost-bound roads were pleasant travelling, and towards evening a dim mass appeared on the horizon, which presaged a fall of snow.
From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield
Amsterdam, and crossing the ice with his cavalry took the Dutch fleet, as it lay frost-bound at the Texel.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart.
From Provocations by Sibyl Bristowe
Surely she had wandered back into the cruel bitter winter, frost-bound and hard.
From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various
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