4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indentured}; p.
pr & vb n. {Indenturing}.]
1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in to
furrow.
Though age may creep on and indenture the brow.
--Woty.
2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as to
indenture an apprentice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\, v. i.
To run or wind in and out to be cut or notched; to indent.
--Heywood.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indenture \In*den"ture\ (?; 135), n. [OE. endenture, OF
endenture, LL indentura a deed in duplicate, with indented
edges. See the Note below. See {Indent}.]
1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
2. (Law) A mutual agreement in writing between two or more
parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or
duplicate; sometimes in the pl., a short form for
{indentures of apprenticeship}, the contract by which a
youth is bound apprentice to a master.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
indenture
n 1: a concave shape in a surface or edge or coastline etc [syn:
{indentation}]
2: formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the
bondholders as to terms of the debt
3: a contract binding one party into the service of another for
a specified term
4: the space left between the margin and the start of an
indented line [syn: {indentation}, {indent}]
v : bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice
more about indenture
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