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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

F'ASTENING, ppr. Making fast.
F'ASTENING, n. Any thing that binds and makes fast; or that which is intended for that purpose.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing]
2: the act of fastening things together [syn: fastening, attachment]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 12th century something that fastens ; fastener

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a device that fastens something; a fastener.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fastening Fas"ten*ing, n. Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fasten Fas"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fastened; p. pr. & vb. n. Fastening.] [AS. f[ae]stnian; akin to OHG. festin[=o]n. See Fast, a.] 1. To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window. 2. To cause to hold together or to something else; to attach or unite firmly; to cause to cleave to something, or to cleave together, by any means; as, to fasten boards together with nails or cords; to fasten anything in our thoughts. The words Whig and Tory have been pressed to the service of many successions of parties, with very different ideas fastened to them. --Swift. 3. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow. [Obs.] --Dryden. If I can fasten but one cup upon him. --Shak. To fasten a charge, or a crime, upon, to make his guilt certain, or so probable as to be generally believed. To fasten one's eyes upon, to look upon steadily without cessation. --Acts iii. 4. Syn: To fix; cement; stick; link; affix; annex.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(fastenings) A fastening is something such as a clasp or zip that you use to fasten something and keep it shut. The sundress has a neat back zip fastening. N-COUNT: oft n N