laid up
adj1
Unable to move about normally due to illness or injury, especially when confined to bed.
- For days Ailie had an absent eye and a sad face, and it so fell out that in all that time young Heriotside, who had scarce missed a day, was laid up with a broken arm and never came near her.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- Flesh occasionally feels stalemated, more laid up than at home.2000, Arthur Michael Saltzman, This Mad "instead": Governing Metaphors in Contemporary American Fiction, →ISBN, page 12:
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- He was still laid up in bed with boils and gout when the committee first met.2003 July 7, Walter Isaacson, “How They Chose These Words”, in Time:
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Stored at a dock or other place of safety.
- The ship was laid up until repairs could commence.