TENTERS

Noun

tenters

plural of tenter

Anagrams

• Netters, entrest, netster, netters, retents, testern

Source: Wiktionary


TENTER

Ten"ter, n.

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

2. (Mach.)

Definition: A kind of governor.

Ten"ter, n. Etym: [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move.]

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

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

Definition: To admit extension. Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. Bacon.

Ten"ter, v. t.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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