Syn. — Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
BINDING
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.)
Defn: The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
BINDINGLY
Bind"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: So as to bind.
BINDINGNESS
Bind"ing*ness, n.
Defn: The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.
Coleridge.