Indenture — Defs

01 n. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.

1.
The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
2.
A mutual agreement in writing between two or more parties, whereof each party has usually a counterpart or duplicate, sometimes with the edges indented for purpose of identification; sometimes in the pl., a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.(Law) Also: indentures of apprenticeship
“The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part.” — C. Leslie.
3.
A contract by which anyone is bound to service.

02 v. t. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

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.

03 v. i. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.