tenter

[Ten·ter]

A framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

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One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

Noun
a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

n.
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

n.
A kind of governor.

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

v. i.
To admit extension.

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

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.

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, ∨ on the tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.

Tenter

Ten"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.] To admit extension.

Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.

Tenter

Ten"ter, v. t. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

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

To admit extension.

To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

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