TENTER


Meaning of TENTER in English

n. Brit. 1 a person in charge of something, esp. of machinery in a factory. 2 a workman's unskilled assistant.

[ tent (now Sc.) pay attention, perh. f. tent attention f. INTENT or obs. attent (as ATTEND) ]

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