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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 ... en.wikipedia.org
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TENTERHOOK Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TENTERHOOK is a sharp hooked nail used especially for fastening cloth on a tenter. How to use tenterhook in a sentence. www.merriam-webster.com
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What does it mean to be 'on tenterhooks'? - Merriam-Webster
“On tenterhooks” means “waiting nervously for something to happen.” The word tenter means “a frame used for drying and stretching cloth” and is related to tent. www.merriam-webster.com
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tenterhook
tenterhook (ˈtɛntəhʊk) Forms: see tenter n.1; also with hyphen, and 5 tayntyr-, tentyr-, 6 tentur-, 7 tentry-. [f. tenter n.1 + hook n.1] 1. One of the hooks or bent nails set in a close row along the upper and lower bar of a tenter, by which the edges of the cloth are firmly held; a hooked or right... Oxford English Dictionary
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TENTERHOOKS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
worried or nervous about something that is going to happen: We were on tenterhooks all morning waiting for the phone to ring. dictionary.cambridge.org
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tenterhook - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
tenterhook (plural tenterhooks). One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter. Derived terms. edit · on tenterhooks. Translations. en.wiktionary.org
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Tenter Hooks | Historic Jamestowne
These small L-shaped iron fasteners are known as tenterhooks. After cloth or wool was washed and cleaned it was then stretched to dry on a wooden frame. historicjamestowne.org
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A History of the World - Object : Tenter Hooks - BBC
Tenterhooks were used in the process of making woollen cloth. After water has been squeezed out, the woolen cloth was crumpled and needed to be straightened ... www.bbc.co.uk
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Tenterhook - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
a tenterhook was a special kind of hook that held drying cloth on a frame called a tenter. If someone is "on tenterhooks," it means they are in suspense. www.vocabulary.com
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TENTERHOOK Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · one of a series of hooks or bent nails used to hold cloth stretched on a tenter · in a state of tension or suspense. “Collins English Dictionary — ... www.dictionary.com
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tent-hook
† ˈtent-hook Obs. rare. In 5–6 taynt-. [f. tent n.5 + hook n.1] A tenterhook.1491 Churchw. Acc. St. Dunstan's, Canterb., Payde for threde and taynt hookes j d. 1533 MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., For taynt hokys j d. Oxford English Dictionary
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Tent (disambiguation)
TEN-T, Trans-European Transport Networks, a planned set of road, rail, air and water transport networks in Europe See also Tente (disambiguation) Tenterhook wikipedia.org
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on tenterhooks
on tenterhooksanxiously waiting for news about someone or something. She was on tenterhooks until her son called and said he was not hurt.Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tenterhook (= a hook that holds cloth that is stretched to dry), suggesting that someone's emotions are tightly stretch... Cambridge English Idioms Dictionary
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Stenter
See also Tenterhook References Machines Textile mills Textile industry Textile engineering Textile finishing machines wikipedia.org
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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... Oxford English Dictionary
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