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Meanings of binding off in English

In knitting, any of various techniques for ending a column (wale) of stitches.

Synonyms
Examples for "casting off"
Examples for "casting off"
1
The others were in the meantime casting off those round his legs.
On the Banks of the Amazon
2
Hathor's men were already casting off their ropes and seizing their weapons.
Quest for honour
3
Alas casting off kingly prosperity, she chose a life in the woods.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
4
He was casting off one form, and amalgamating himself with the other.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
5
We should as soon have thought of casting off her as you.
The Cash Boy
Usage of binding off in English
1
He plucked a large book bound in a standard library binding off a shelf and handed it to me.
The Demon Lover
2
-Eathalf the binding off Folio 67,-saidthe Register of Deeds.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
3
"Well," says I, "there's a number of reasons; one is, I'm just binding off my heel."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 / A Maga...
4
"In a few weeks we took the binding off, and the bark had all grown together around the little bud."
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
5
-Whatgood does it do to give 'em a name after they 've eat the binding off my folios?-askedthe Register of Deeds.
The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
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