Possible Clues:

• Joiner willing to get dressed?
• Players sometimes pull it
• Bond in a Fleming novel eliminating fellow with time
• Injured players sometimes pull it
• If it's torn, tie dressing around
• Fibrous tissue joining bones or cartilage
• Dressing covering disabled connective tissue
• Weep over returning soldier - it's the physical bond
• Fibrous connective tissue
• What connects wise men from the east during religious observance?