Category:Tenter

Ten"ter, n.

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

2. (mach.)

Defn: a kind of governor.

Tenter Ten"ter, n. Etym: [oe. tenture, tentoure, of. tenture a stretching, Spreading, f. tenture hangings, tapestry, from l. tendere, tentum, to Stretch. See tend to move.]

Defn: a machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, Called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. Tenter Ground, a place where tenters are erected. -- tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a Tenter. -- to be on the tenters, or on the tenter-hooks, to be on the Stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.

Tenter Ten"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.]

Defn: to admit extension. Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. Bacon.

Tenter Ten"ter, v. t.

Defn: to hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.