Cryptic crossword clue
Binding of small slip in gardener's basket 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TRUSSING

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The straight part
We know that "Binding" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case binding = trussing.
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What does TRUSSING mean?

TRUSSING verb
  1. To tie up a bird before cooking it.
  2. To secure or bind with ropes.
  3. To support.
  4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
  5. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
  6. To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.
TRUSSING noun
  1. The timbers, etc., that form a truss.
  2. The art of stiffening or bracing a set of timbers, etc., by putting in struts, ties, etc., until it has something of the character of a truss.
  3. The act of a hawk or other bird of prey in seizing its quarry and soaring into the air with it.

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