† awe-bound, ppl. a. Obs. or dial.
[f. awe n.1 + bound; cf. prec. n.]
Bound by awe or restraint of authority; submissive, obedient.
| 1631 MS. Eccl. Proc. Durh., He was awebound to his wife. 1864 Atkinson Whitby Gloss. s.v., They were awe⁓bun nowther wi' God nor man. |