English English Dictionary
Result for Tenter
Tenter
(n.)
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
Tenter
(n.)
A kind of governor.
Tenter
(n.)
A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
Tenter
(v. i.)
To admit extension.
Tenter
(v. t.)
To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.