Definition of "homeward-bound" []

• Bound or destined for home: said especially of vessels returning from a foreign country, or of persons returning home by sea.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I've commuted between Rosslyn and Tysons Corner for years and am constantly amazed at the rare cooperation among drivers on the homeward-bound leg as the traffic converges onto eastbound Interstate 66 from the Dulles Toll Road extension."
• "In the fall of the year, the W.H. Willis started up the Yukon with two hundred homeward-bound pilgrims on board."
• "Her decks were piled high with freight and baggage, and swarmed with a heterogeneous company of Indians, dogs, and dog-mushers, prospectors, traders, and homeward-bound gold - seekers."