Tenter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɛn.təɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tenter is a noun meaning A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
Meaning
A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
More Meanings
- One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
- (engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.
- (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
- (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.
Example Sentences
Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.
Word Forms
- tenters
- tentering
- tentered
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hooks, lisse, tautening, contignation, tensing, tuck.
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