frost-bound

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Snow lay on the upper hills, grizzling the brown sheets of bracken, and dappling the green velvet of the sloping ling; the valley below was frost-bound.

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.

To be sure, Margaret argued, Canada was a very wild and frost-bound country, scarcely the place one would choose to travel over in search of further refinement.

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

In January, 1754, he returned to Virginia, having in the depth of winter traversed the frost-bound backwoods, and risked his life in crossing the Alleghany river.

From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Lucas, Charles Prestwood

It closed reluctantly, with a loud shrilling of its frost-bound hinges and frame.

From A Breath of Prairie and other stories by Marchand, J. N.

Occasionally the postmen have to encounter the difficulties arising from a frost-bound letter box.

From The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone by Tombs, Robert Charles