Found 4 items, similar to tenter.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: tent tenda
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: tenter pembidangan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tenter tenter n : a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tenter Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.] To admit extension. [1913 Webster] Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Tenter \Ten"ter\, v. t. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters. [1913 Webster] Tenter \Ten"ter\, n. 1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) A kind of governor. [1913 Webster] Tenter \Ten"ter\, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. [1913 Webster] Tenter ground, a place where tenters are erected. Tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter. To be on the tenters, To be on the tenter-hooks or To be on tenterhooks , to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster +PJC]