rockbound

rockbound
rockbound [räk′bound΄]
adj.
surrounded or covered by rocks [a rockbound inlet or coast]

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rock·bound also rock-bound (rŏkʹbound') adj.
Hemmed in by or bordered with rocks:

a rockbound lake.

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