Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tenter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tenter \Ten"ter\, n.
1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a
kind of assistant foreman.
2. (Mach.) A kind of governor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tenter \Ten"ter\, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a
stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L.
tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.]
A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks,
called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
{Tenter ground}, a place where tenters are erected.
{Tenter-hook}, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth
on a tenter.
{To be on the tenters}, or {on the tenter-hooks}, to be on
the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense.
--Hudibras.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tentered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tentering}.]
To admit extension.
Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. t.
To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tenter
n : a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
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