• A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter. • A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc. • In Gothic architecture, the molding, or suite of moldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts. • That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie. • A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries. • Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress. • A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it. • A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men. • A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals. • A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants. • A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body. • A belt or strap. • A bond • Pledge; security. • To bind or tie with a band. • To mark with a band. • To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy. • To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together. • To bandy; to drive away. • imp. of Bind.