frost-bound

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There was a quick movement all through the court like a ripple upon still water, and then, absolute silence--the silence of a night frost-bound and empty.

From Lawrence Clavering by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

He saw rich nectar-thawes, release the rigour Of th' icy North; from frost-bound Atlas hands, His adamantine fetters fall: green vigour Gladding the Scythian rocks and Libian sands.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

We were in the midst of the cruel, bitter winter; the earth was frost-bound, hard and cold, even as now.

From The Diamond Fairy Book by Various

But there are times when the devastating cold of the Polar regions descends upon the lonely ranges, as it had done upon the frost-bound cañon.

From The Greater Power by Dunton, W. Herbert

The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless.

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Weyman, Stanley John