tenter
tenter
Definition
ten·ter (ten′tər)
noun
- a frame on which cloth is stretched after having been milled, so as to dry evenly without shrinking
- Obsolete a tenterhook
Etymology: ME tentoure, altered (infl. by tent, tent) < MFr tendëure < tendre, to stretch: see tend
transitive verb
to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters
Etymology: ME tenteren
tenter
Usage Examples
Object
- gear: Overhead can be seen three sets of cast iron tentering gear, one set per pair of millstones.
Converse of object
- call: Behind the factory on the hill you can see the long strips of finished flannel stretched out to dry on frames called tenters.
Modifies a noun
- frame: The tenter frame used for drying the finished cloth to a uniform width when the weather allowed, is still in an adjacent field.
Noun used with modifier
- engine: Edward Sissons engine tenter at the Park Pit was charged by Mr. Wells of neglecting rules 51 and 52 of the pit.
Browse dictionary entries near tenter
- tented
- tentatively
- tentative
- tentacle
- tent stitch
- tent show
- tent dress
- tent caterpillar
- tent
- tensor
- tenterhook
- tenth
- tenuis
- tenuity
- tenuous
- tenure
- tenurial ownership
- tenuto
- teocalli
- teosinte
