The Only Use of
ligament
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Here, on this wild outskirt of the earth, I shall pitch my tent; for, elsewhere a wanderer, and isolated from human interests, I find here a woman, a man, a child, amongst whom and myself there exist the closest ligaments.†
p. 53.9ligaments = tough fibrous tissues that connect bones
Definition:
a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue that connects bones or cartilages