meaning of tenter
1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. A kind of governor.
3. A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
4. To admit extension.
5. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
6. a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
Related Words
tenter | tentered | tenterhook | tentering |
