meaning of indentures
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 in the pl. , a short form for indentures of apprenticeship, the contract by which a youth is bound apprentice to a master.
3. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
4. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
5. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
6. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
Related Words
indenture | indentured | indenturing |
