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Meaning of tenter hook

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

tenter

Pronunciation:/ˈtɛn.təɹ/

noun

Definitions

  1. A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

  2. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

  3. A kind of governor, or regulating device.

verb

Definitions

  1. To stretch cloth on such a framework.

  2. To admit extension; to be stretchable.