snow-bound Smith-Hall snow-bound: nive s. nivibus oppletus, obrutus, etc. (based on: nives omnia oppleverant, Liv.): cf. also Liv. 5, 2: Virg. G. 3, 368 (v. SNOW, subs., 1, 3): Phr.: the land is s.-b, sub nive terra latet, Ov.