The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Homeward \Home"ward\, Homewards \Home"wards\, adv. [AS.
   h[=a]mweard.]
   Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or
   country.
   [1913 Webster]

   Homeward bound, bound for home; going homeward; as, the
      homeward bound fleet.
      [1913 Webster]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

21 Moby Thesaurus words for "homeward bound":
   approaching, arriving, at sea, coming, entering, homeward,
   homeward-bound, in blue water, in soundings, inbound, incoming,
   inward-bound, making way, off soundings, off the course,
   off the heading, under bare poles, under sail, under way,
   with sails spread, with way on