tentering

[ten-ter]

ten·ter

[ten-ter]
noun
1.
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
2.
Obsolete. a tenterhook.
verb (used with object)
3.
to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters.

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Tentering is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
verb (used without object)
4.
to be capable of being tentered.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English tente to stretch (< Latin tentus, variant of tēnsus tense1) + -er1; replacing Middle English teyntur, of unclear derivation

un·ten·tered, adjective
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