homeward bounder
homeward bounder · homeward bounders
A vessel making a return trip to its home port or home countryA vessel making a return trip to its home port or home country.
Meaning
4 sensesA vessel making a return trip to its home port or home country.
A person making a return trip to their home country.
A roughly executed stitch used when repairing articles of clothing on a vessel nearing the end of a long voyage.
(Australia, obsolete)A goldmine which is highly productive, making the owners rich enough to abandon mining and return to their home country.
Origin
* homeward + bound + -er, in reference to the common phrase homeward bound.* homeward + bound + -er, in reference to the common phrase homeward bound.
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