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TENTER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a frame or endless track with hooks or clips along two sides that is used for drying and stretching cloth 2. archaic : tenterhook
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TENTER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · a frame on which cloth is stretched during the manufacturing process in order that it may retain its shape while drying · a person who stretches cloth on ...
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tenter - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
tenter · Contents · English · French · Latin · Norman. edit. Etymology. edit. From Latin temptō, temptāre. Verb. edit. tenter. (Jersey) to try. Synonyms. edit.
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tenter
▪ I. tenter, n.1 (ˈtɛntə(r)) Forms: 4–5 teyntur, 5 tayntour, tentowre, 5–6 tentour, 5–7 taynter, teynter, tenture, 5–8 tentor, 6 teynto(u)r, -tree, tentar, 6–7 tainter, teinter, -or, 6– tenter. [The varieties of the suffix make the exact origin somewhat obscure: the forms in -ur, -our, -or, -er, -ar...
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tenter, n.¹ meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun tenter, five of which are labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and ...
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Tenterhook - Wikipedia
Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails used with a device known as a tenter, a wooden frame, used since at least the 14th century in the process of ...
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Stenter
A stenter (sometimes called a tenter) is a machine used in textile finishing. The wet cloth was stretched on a large wooden frame, referred to as a "tenter," and left to dry.
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TENTER definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. a frame on which cloth is stretched after having been milled, so as to dry evenly without shrinking : in full tenter frame 2. Obsolete a tenterhook.
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What's the difference between the verbs “Essayer” and “Tenter ...
“Tenter” is a more tentative try. “Je vais essayer de manger plus sain” means you will give it a try. Might work. Might not work. You just don't know, it is ...
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Tenter - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth.
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TENTER | translation French to English - Cambridge Dictionary
TENTER translations: to tempt, to attempt, attempt, have a crack (at), tempt. Learn more in the Cambridge French-English Dictionary.
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Tenter Studio Ltd.
Tenter is a British clothing brand focused on producing detail-oriented, elevated utility clothing. Hard-wearing, high-quality, long-lasting garments with a ...
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tentered
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...
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tenter-ground
† 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 th...
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Tenterground
A tenterground, tenter ground or teneter-field was an area used for drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling. Rocque's 1746 map shows further tenter grounds between Bishopsgate and Moorfields, adjoining "Mr Witanoom's Vinegar Yard" (i.e.
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