tenterhook
(noun) one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)
One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
• heterokont
Source: Wiktionary
17 May 2025
(noun) sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
