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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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.

 

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