tenter
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tər verb (used with object)
3.
to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters.
verb (used without object)
4.
to be capable of being tentered.
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| —n | |
| 1. | heed; attention |
| —vb | |
| 2. | to pay attention to; take notice of |
| 3. | to attend to |
| [C14: from attent | |
| 'tenter4 | |
| —n | |
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| tenter (ˈtɛntə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a frame on which cloth is stretched during the manufacturing process in order that it may retain its shape while drying |
| 2. | a person who stretches cloth on a tenter |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to stretch (cloth) on a tenter |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin tentōrium, from Latin tentus stretched, from tendere to stretch] | |
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tenter
c.1300, "wooden framework for stretching cloth," via O.Fr. (the evolution of the ending is obscure), probably ultimately from L. tentorium "tent made of stretched skins," from tentus "stretched," variant pp. of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet).
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Apparently a tenter is a wooden frame for stretching cloth.
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