[f. TONGUE sb. + TIE sb.] That which ties the tongue, or restrains speech; also, the condition of being tongue-tied (lit. and fig.); spec. (Path.): see quot. 1890.
1641. Brome, Joviall Crew, II. Wks. 1873, III. 374. And asks a stronger tongue-tie then tearing of Books.
1849–53. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., IV. 1162/1. Tongue-tie … is a congenital malformation.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Tongue-tie, abnormal shortness of the frænum linguæ, or adhesion of the tongue to the floor of the mouth.
