Bind"ing , n.
1. The act
or process of one who, or that which, binds.
2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of
a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth
from raveling.
3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
Bind"ing (&?;), a.
That binds; obligatory.
Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.
Syn. -- Obligatory;
restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent;
costive; styptic.
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