"firbound" meaning in English

See firbound in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From fir + bound. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fir|bound}} fir + bound Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} firbound (not comparable)
  1. Bounded or contained by one or many fir trees; confined to the vicinity of fir trees. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-firbound-en-adj-osF9LKqC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1894, Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle, The Congress of Women Held in the Woman′s Building, World′s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, U.S.A., 1893, page 726:",
          "text": "The great fir branches are laden to the ground with rare mosses and lichens, and looking back over the bay, studded with innumerable firbound islands, snow-capped mountains in the distance, the effect is enchanting and most conducive to romantic and legendary lore.",
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          "ref": "1961, William Sansom, The Last Hours of Sandra Lee, page 229:",
          "text": "Slate roofed and with liver-painted eaves, it stood in a weedy firbound garden.",
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          "ref": "2003, Daniel Mathews, Rocky Mountain Natural History: Grand Teton to Jasper, page 499:",
          "text": "These eggs produce the fir-overwintering form which in turn engenders two forms, one wingless and firbound, the other flying to spruce to beget either the spruce-overwintering form or a short-lived intermediary sexual generation.",
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