upbound

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Directed or moving up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream

   He took an upbound escalator.

2. adverb Up or in a direction conventionally considered up; upstream

   The ore boat sailed upbound through the locks last week.

Similar words

up upstreamward upstreamwards upstream upward downbound upcoast upriver ascendant ascending

Often followed by

in vessel and with at on traffic for boats from