ichidan verb, transitive verb
Rare, literary verb for physically binding someone or something with rope or similar material. In modern Japanese, 縛る (しばる) is the usual word.
古文では、罪人を縄で縛める場面がよく出てくる。
In classical texts, scenes of binding a criminal with rope often appear.
The common modern verb for 'to bind' or 'to tie up'. 縛める is a rare, literary synonym.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 縛 is conventionally associated with binding.