noun the act of indenting, or state of being indented.
2. indenture ·vi to run or wind in and out; to be cut or notched; to indent.
3. indenture ·vt to bind by indentures or written contract; as, to indenture an apprentice.
4. indenture ·vt to indent; to make hollows, notches, or wrinkles in; to furrow.
5. 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.