縛いましめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

bind; tie up

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.

• 古こ文ぶんでは、罪ざい人にんを縄なわで縛いましめる場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In classical texts, scenes of binding a criminal with rope often appear.