See Also: tenter(1)(dictionary)
tenter(2)(dictionary)

tenter(1) (iou)



tenter noun1 & verb. ME.
[medieval Latin tentorium, from Latin tent- pa. ppl stem of tendere stretch.]
A. noun.
A framework on which milled or printed cloth is stretched so that it can dry without shrinking or losing shape. Cf. STENTER noun 2. ME.
= TENTERHOOK 1. L16-M19.
Medicine. A roll or wad of absorbent material. Cf. TENT noun3 2. Only in 17.
b. verb trans.
Stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters. LME.
fig. Set on tenterhooks; hurt as by stretching; rack, torture, (the feelings etc.). E17-M18.