/ten"teuhr/ , n.
1. a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
2. Obs. a tenterhook.
v.t.
3. to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters.
v.i.
4. to be capable of being tentered.
[ 1300-50; ME tente to stretch ( tentus, var. of TENSUS TENSE 1 ) + -ER 1 ; r. ME teyntur, of unclear derivation ]