tentered, ppl. a.
(ˈtɛntəd)
[f. tenter v. and n.1 + -ed.]
1. Stretched on or as on a tenter; racked.
| 1652 Benlowes Theoph. vii. xxxvii, As my tenter'd Minde its Spirits still Strains forth. 1835 Ure Philos. Manuf. 203 In order to dry the tentered cloth within it. |
2. Stuck or studded with tenter-hooks.
| 1768 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 222 Another person..might still expect uneasiness in the tentered cask, nevertheless, might choose it as the lesser evil. 1795 Southey Joan of Arc iv. 111 How Maximin,..In such deep fury bade the tenter'd wheel Rend her life piecemeal. |