Bind"ing (&?;), a. That binds;
obligatory.
Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in
double flooring. -- Binding joist (Arch.),
the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.
Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent;
astringent; costive; styptic.
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.) The
transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for
connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.