bonded, ppl. a.
(ˈbɒndɪd)
[f. bond n.1 + -ed.]
1. Held, pledged, or confirmed by bond.
| 1597 Shakes. Lover's Compl. 279 That strong bonded oth. 1844 Tupper Proverb. Philos. (1852) 384 Death..hath seized his bonded debtor. |
2. Put into bond (see bond n.1 12). Hence bonded store, warehouse, a store or warehouse in charge of Custom-house officials, in which goods may be kept in bond.
| 1809 R. Langford Introd. Trade 130 Bonded goods, goods deposited in a warehouse till the duty is paid. 1846 Dickens Pictures from Italy 56 Goods brought in from foreign countries pay no duty until they are sold and taken out, as in a bonded warehouse in England. 1851 H. Martineau Hist. Peace iv. xiv, The bonded stores connected with the Dublin custom-house. 1868 Rogers Pol. Econ. xxii. (ed. 3) 289 Bonded warehouses, in which duty-paying goods, whether liable to customs or excise, are stored till they are needed for sale. 1884 Pall Mall G. 15 Aug. 5/2 Wholesale and bonded supplies of the article. |
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Add: 3. Of a material: strengthened by being bonded with a matrix (cf. *bond v. 1 d). Of a fabric: that has been bonded to another layer of material; consisting of two or more layers of material bonded together (cf. *bond v. 1 c). Freq. prefixed by a noun attrib. denoting the material constituting the matrix or the additional layer. Also applied to articles made from bonded materials.
| 1938 Trans. Amer. Soc. Mech. Engin. LX. 63/2 Reinforced hot-pressed resin-bonded two-ply faces are also frequently used with crotch, burl, swirl, and stump veneers. 1940, etc. [see resin-bonded adj. s.v. resin n. 4 a]. 1953 [see chip-board s.v. chip n.1 9 a]. 1963 A. J. Hall Textile Sci. iii. 156 A very convenient and satisfactory method for making bonded-fibre fabrics has been developed. 1965 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 24 Oct. 24 California Miss has used bonded crepe to give the soft, gentle fabric a more substantial weight. 1986 Horse & Rider Sept. 6 (Advt.), Riding boot... Hard wearing, bonded lining. |
Hence ˈbondedness n.
| 1952 L. N. Ferguson Electron Struct. Organic Molecules ii. 43 Thus there is a decrease in the double-bondedness of the carbon-carbon bond that is common to the chelate and the aromatic rings. 1985 Amer. N. & Q. May/June 141/1 The anecdote..illustrates only our need for bondedness to others. |