tenter

The definition of a tenter is a frame to stretch cloth on for drying after it has been made so that it does not shrink.

(noun)

An example of a tenter is a drying rack.

Tenter is defined as to stretch clothing over something to dry.

(verb)

An example of tenter is to stretch a damp shirt over a drying rack to avoid shrinkage as it drys.

See tenter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a frame on which cloth is stretched after having been milled, so as to dry evenly without shrinking
in full tenter frame
Obsolete a tenterhook

Origin: ME tentoure, altered (infl. by tent, tent) < MFr tendëure < tendre, to stretch: see tend

transitive verb

to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters

Origin: ME tenteren

See tenter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

transitive verb ten·tered, ten·ter·ing, ten·ters

To stretch (cloth) on a tenter.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English teyntur, tentour

Origin: , probably ultimately from Latin tentōrium, shelter made of stretched skins

Origin: , from tendere, to stretch; see tent¹

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