tenter
IPA: tˈɛntɝ
noun
- A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
- One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
- (engineering) A kind of governor, or regulating device.
verb
- (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
- (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.
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Examples of "tenter" in Sentences
- The modern name for the tenter is stenter.
- The spinner tenter stood in front of the frame.
- He was also a power loom tenter and temperance worker.
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