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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Indenture

/ĭnˌ-dĕn'-chẽr/ · In·den·ture · IPA /ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ/
01 n. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
  1. 1.
    The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
  2. 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. 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. 1.
    To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
    “Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.” — Woty.
  2. 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.
  1. 1.
    To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.