† ˈtenter-ground Obs.
[f. tenter n.1 + ground n.]
Ground occupied by tenters for stretching cloth, etc.
| 1714 Lond. Gaz. No. 5266/8 In the Tentor Ground by the Dog house in Bunhill fields. 1769 Gray Let. to Wharton 18 Oct., I entered Kendal almost in the dark, and could distinguish only a shadow of the castle on a hill, and tenter-grounds spread far and wide round the town. 1887 Lecky Eng. in 18th C. VI. xxiii. 247 To steal woollen cloth from a tenter-ground. |