TENTER


Meaning of TENTER in English

I. ten·ter ˈtentə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English teyntur, tayntour, taynter, perhaps modification (influenced by Middle French teindre to dye) of Medieval Latin tentura, from Latin tentus (past participle of tendere to stretch) + -ura -ure — more at thin

1. : a frame or endless track with hooks or clips along two sides that is used for drying and stretching cloth

2. archaic : tenterhook

- on the tenters

II. tenter transitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Middle English teynteren, from teyntur, taynter tenter

: to hang or stretch on or as if on a tenter

III. tent·er ˈtentə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: tent (IV) + -er

1. Britain : one that has charge of something ; specifically : one that tends a machine in a factory

2. Britain : helper 2

IV. tenter noun

( -s )

Etymology: tent (II) + -er

: one that lives in or occupies a tent

they slept in better style than tenters — Gordon Webber

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.