Attachment

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

II. Attachment ·noun A seizure or taking into custody by virtue of a legal process.

III. Attachment ·noun That by which one thing is attached to another; connection; as, to cut the attachments of a muscle.

IV. Attachment ·noun The act attaching, or state of being attached; close adherence or affection; fidelity; regard; an/ passion of affection that binds a person; as, an attachment to a friend, or to a party.

V. Attachment ·noun Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (·i.e., a device attached to a sewing machine to enable it to do special work, as tucking, ·etc. ).