1) Secures firmly 
a device to which a guy wire or brace may be attached, such as the anchoring device for the deadline of a hoisting-block arrangement. 
A Western term for a martingale, used to control the position of a horses head while riding. 
A means by which a unit load is secured to a pallet, usually by means of stretch wrapping, shrink wrapping or strapping.
[v] - secure with or as if with ropes 2. [v] - restrain from independence by an obligation
[Logging] Chain, cable, steel strips or fiber webbing and binders attached to a truck, trailer or other conveyance as a means to secure loads and to prevent them from shifting or moving when they are being transported.