noun a kind of governor.
2. tenter ·vi to admit extension.
3. tenter ·vt to hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
4. tenter ·noun one who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
5. tenter ·noun a machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.