The fastening is generally achieved combining hinges and braces with some locking mechanism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulisse Bed & Desk Space Saving System] Reference

Afke had some difficulty in fastening hers, for they were a bit small for her, and the straps had seen better days.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Day on Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic] Reference

After manoeuvring with more than her usual art, she succeeded in fastening Belinda upon the fashionable Lady Delacour for the season.    From Wordnik.com.  [Belinda] Reference

Its third article was the sole one referred to as fastening forever the institution of slavery on the inhabitants of this vast empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865] Reference

Three: leather pieces mounted with shoe buttons – in fastening these leather pieces the children make use of the button-hook – corresponds to a child's shoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Montessori Method] Reference

The Spirit, however, in fastening this truth upon the conscience, does not extinguish, but, on the contrary, does consummate and intensify, the sense of all other sins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

I toyed with the idea of fastening the rail to the top skin board.    From Wordnik.com.  [BabyTrollBlog] Reference

"But I ought to give him what the country people call a fastening penny, ought I not?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain] Reference

The fastening was the old-fashioned wooden shutters hung outside and closed with a single slide.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man in Gray] Reference

Where the parts are held against one another such threads are called fastening threads, i.e. vee-threads.    From Wordnik.com.  [1. Purpose and importance of thread cutting by dies and taps] Reference

But Mr Snow was not in his usual spirits evidently, and watching him stealthily, Janet saw a care-worn anxious expression fastening on his usually, cheerful face.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet's Love and Service] Reference

This is called fastening off.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Passion for Knitting] Reference

Louis let drive, "fastening" a whopper about twenty feet long.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales] Reference

Another kind of fastening rattles very much when the gate is shaken.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alcatraz] Reference

"A deux temps?" he asked, fastening the rosebud in his buttonhole.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

A vague idea which he had of examining its fastening was dismissed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

But Peter with John, fastening his eyes upon him, said: Look upon us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 51: Acts The Challoner Revision] Reference

And he hath taken the same out of the way, fastening it to the cross.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 58: Colossians The Challoner Revision] Reference

Thrusting aside the curtains, I fumbled for the fastening of the window.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

It has a popper fastening (buttons and toddlers do not mix) and a full skirt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buy of the day] Reference

She undid the fastening of her dress and slipped off the waist for me to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference

So, at length, Antler thought of cutting vines and fastening them to branches.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Later Cave-Men] Reference

He looked at a door, the fastening of which Andy had broken to gain admittance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island] Reference

"It's for you, Cora," she said as she snapped the fragile ribbon from its fastening.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference

Be careful in fastening the frog to your hook not to injure it so that it cannot swim.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference

  Richie made a sled out of an old square of plywood by fastening a rope through a hole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winter '69] Reference

 This was already his fifth unsuccessful attempt at fastening the electric cable terminals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Change You Can Believe In] Reference

Austin was on his knees fastening his suitcase, which was all packed and ready for his start.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hero of Hill House] Reference

Clemence made a sudden effort and arose, fastening her hair at the back of her head with an almost shamed haste.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

The noose is made by fastening a small iron eyelet to an end of the rope, and through this the other end is drawn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference

Fasten blue yarn at right front and work a row of loops as described, fastening the chains between groups of 3 trebles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet] Reference

"Brilliers," she said, rising and fastening the last strand, "bring me the brown no-wak-wa berries from the pail yonder.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference

"I'll take the pig in the morning," he said, folding up the remainder of his money and fastening the roll with an elastic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rainbow Hill] Reference

It spurred the other victors to offer a generous peace to the devastated Germans and Japanese, fastening them to the Western camp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Americans Go To War] Reference

When he came to himself, he saw some men on the ground, who were busy fastening his hands and feet with fine but very strong string.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference

Papa was sitting next to the door, but he did not move to open it; instead, Mama came from the kitchen fastening herlesoaround her waist.    From Wordnik.com.  [PAPA'S TEARS] Reference

The customary method of fastening the bag is by means of a leather strap passing through loops upon the bag and directly around the center.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healthful Sports for Boys] Reference