1. (n.) An inscription written around anything.

2. (n.) The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery.

3. (n.) The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

abbreviation allowance astriction astringency ban bar barring beleaguerment besetment blockade blockading border line bottleneck bound boundaries boundary boundary condition boundary line bounds bourn bourns boycott break boundary breakoff point ceiling cervix cession circumference coarctation compactedness compaction compass compression compressure concentration concession condensation confine confinement confines consolidation constriction constringency contraction contracture coordinates cordoning cramp cramping curtailment cutoff cutoff point deadline debarment debarring decrease delimitation demarcation determinant diminuendo division line edges embargo enclosure end envelopment exception exclusion exemption extenuating circumstances extremity finish floor fringes frontier grain of salt grant hedge hedging high-water mark hourglass hourglass figure immurement imprisonment inadmissibility incarceration inclusion injunction interface isthmus knitting limen limit limitation limitations limiting factor limits line line of demarcation lockout low-water mark lower limit march marches mark mental reservation mete metes metes and bounds modification narrow place narrowing neck nonadmission omission outlines outskirts pale parameters perimeter periphery preclusion prohibition puckering pursing qualification quarantine reduction rejection relegation repudiation reservation restraint restriction salvo shortening siege skirts solidification special case special treatment specialness specification start starting line starting point stint stranglement strangulation striction stricture systole taboo target date term terminal date terminus threshold time allotment upper limit verges waiver wasp waist wrinkling