Ligament
anything which binds, ties, or unites one thing to another; a bond, a tie. In anatomy, short bands of strong, white glistening fibers by which the bones are bound together.
The ligaments in the human body are very numerous, and all have distinctive names. In the plural, in zoölogy, two appliances, one external and one internal, for holding together the valves of a conchiferous mollusk. S LS.C LYLE GUN AND SHOT-LINE