tenter (redirected from tenters)

ten·ter  (tntr)

n.

1. A framework on which milled cloth is stretched for drying without shrinkage.

2. Archaic A tenterhook.

tr.v. ten·tered, ten·ter·ing, ten·ters

To stretch (cloth) on a tenter.

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[Middle English teyntur, tentour, probably ultimately from Latin tentrium, shelter made of stretched skins, from tendere, to stretch; see tent¹.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tenter - a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth framework - a structure supporting or containing something tenterhook - one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter