1) Appalachian trail denizen 2) Backpacker, often 3) Campground overnighter 4) Cloth stretcher 5) Cloth-drying frame 6) Cloth-stretcher 7) Cloth-stretching frame 8) Cloth-stretching framework 9) Drying frame 10) Frame 11) Frame for drying cloth 12) Framework 13) Framework for textiles 14) Framing 15) French word used in English
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• (v. i.) To admit extension. • (n.) One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. • (n.) A kind of governor. • (v. t.) To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters. • (n.) A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.Te...
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Hook on which bleached material would be left to dry - hence, 'Left on tenterhooks.'
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Ten'ter intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Tentered ;
present participle & verbal noun Tentering .] To admit extension. « Woolen cloth will
tenter , linen scarcely.»
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Ten'ter noun 1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
2. (Machinery) A kind of governor.
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Ten'ter transitive verb To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.
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A tenter is a framework on which serge, milled or printed cloth is stretched so that it can dry without shrinking or losing its shape.
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[
n] - a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
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Someone who tends to something, e.g. sheep or engine tenter.
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noun a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
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