·noun The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
II. Indenture ·vi To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to Indent.
III. Indenture ·vt To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an Apprentice.
IV. Indenture ·vt To Indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to Furrow.
V. Indenture ·noun 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.