Definitions for tenter
ˈtɛn tərten·ter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tenternoun

   a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tenternoun

   A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

2. tenterverb

   To stretch cloth on such a framework.

3. Etymology: Via, perhaps from tentorium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tenternoun

   Etymology: tendo, tentus, Lat.

   1. A hook on which things are stretched.2. To be on the Tenters. To be on the stretch; to be in difficulties; to be in suspense.

   In all my past adventures,
   I ne’er was set so on the tenters;
   Or taken tardy with dilemma,
   That ev’ry way I turn does hem me. Hudibras, p. ii.

2. To Tenterverb

   To stretch by hooks.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   A blown bladder pressed riseth again, and when leather or cloth is tentered, it springeth back. Francis Bacon, N. Hist. №. 12.

3. To Tenterverb

   To admit; extension.

   Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. Francis Bacon.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tenter

   Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails in a device called a tenter. Tenters were wooden frames which were used as far back as the 14th century in the process of making woollen cloth. They are now superceeded by stenter pins. The phrase "on tenterhooks" has become a metaphor for nervous anticipation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tenternoun

   one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman

2. Tenternoun

   a kind of governor

3. Tenternoun

   a machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square

4. Tenterverb

   to admit extension

5. Tenterverb

   to hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tenter

   ten′tėr, n. a machine for extending or stretching cloth on by hooks.—v.t. to stretch on hooks.—n. Ten′ter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail, anything that gives torture.—Be on tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch: to be in suspense or anxiety. [Fr. tenture—L. tentura—tendĕre, to stretch.]

2. Tenter

   ten′tėr, n. one who has charge of something.—adj. Ten′ty, attentive.

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1. netter

2. retent

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tenter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tenter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tenter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tenter
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tenter
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenter
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tenter
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tenter