† ˈboundure Obs.
[f. bound n.1 + -ure. Cf. closure, seizure.]
A bounding or limiting, limitation; limit or bound. Cf. bounder n.1 4.
| 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio 458 Large boundeurs were restored to the Towns of Breda etc. 1655–60 Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 378/1 The boundure of that which is limited. 1634 Sir T. Herbert Trav. 254 The boundure of Alexander's march into India being in the tract obscure. |