bound with herbs and bread

[VicNicSor]

faggot
a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried
Collins dictionary

What does "bound" mean here?
Thank you.

 

[cyberpedant]

I believe that "bound" here refers to the use of "sticky" materials, like bread, to give the meat a consistency that will hang together during cooking.

 

[DonnyB]

It's a term used in cookery, from the verb "to bind".

So "bound with..." means that the chopped meat is mixed and stuck together with bread to form the shape of a ball.

[cross-posted with cyberpedant]

 

[VicNicSor]

Thanks for your answers.