figurative. To confine, restrain to something. Obsolete.

transitive. To fix or pin firmly to or on something, esp. with a weapon. Cf. to nail down 1 at phrasal verbs. Also in figurative context.

transitive. To limit (a person or thing); to confine to or within certain limits.

To shut up or comprehend within definite limits; to restrict, confine. (Also with up.) Obsolete.

To confine, restrict to a person, time, etc.; to confine within limits.

To restrict, tie down, limit to.

transitive. To restrict or limit to something. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. figurative. With down. To characterize, define, or specify precisely; to restrict to.

figurative. To bind, confine, or restrict in service or action to (some party or thing); to tie to.