ligament

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs
noun any connection or unifying bond

From Middle English ligament, from Latin ligāmentum, from ligō (“tie, bind”).

"It's badly strained,--the ligaments are;--but fortunately no bones are broken." — Five Little Peppers at School, Margaret Sidney
The ligaments, like a tinker’s The loins, like a padlock. budget. — Gargantua and Pantagruel, François Rabelais
Feet of which verses are composed are made of syllables, not of bones, muscles, and ligaments. — The Comic English Grammar: A New And Facetious Introduction To The English Tongue, Percival Leigh

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