Tenter /(?)/

Ten·ter

Tenter

n.
  1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
  2. A kind of governor. (Mach.)

Tenter

n.
  1. A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.

Phrases & Compounds
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
to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense.

Tenter

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering

  1. To admit extension.
    Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.

Tenter

v. t.
  1. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.