1736 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble (1863) xxvii. 903 Shipping tobacco and other debenture goods into the running wherries.
1742 P. Francis tr. Horace ii vii, in C. Richardson Yet, prithee, where are Cæsar's bands Allotted their debenture-lands?
1866 1 Dec. 1331 That faith stands already pledged to the existing debenture-holders, who lent their money on the security of a legislative Act.