Indenture /(?; 135)/

1. The act of indenting, or state of being indented.
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)

   The law is the best expositor of the gospel; they are like a pair of indentures: they answer in every part.

3. A contract by which anyone is bound to service.

imp. & p. p. Indentured; p. pr. & vb. n. Indenturing

1. To indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.

   Though age may creep on, and indenture the brow.

2. To bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.

1. To run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.