Definition of Tenters. Meaning of Tenters. Synonyms of Tenters

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Definition of Tenters

Tenter
Tenter Ten"ter, n. 1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman. 2. (Mach.) A kind of governor.
Tenter
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. 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, or on the tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. --Hudibras.
Tenter
Tenter Ten"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.] To admit extension. Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. --Bacon.
Tenter
Tenter Ten"ter, v. t. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

Meaning of Tenters from wikipedia

- frames known as tenters, to which it is attached by tenterhooks (whence the phrase being on tenterhooks). The area where the tenters were erected was...
- A tent is a shelter consisting of sheets of fabric or other material draped over or attached to a frame of poles or a supporting rope. While smaller tents...
- Tentation delblush is a commercial apple variety (also known as Delblush) that was created in France in 1979 by Georges Delbard as the result of a crossing...
- A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a political party having members covering a broad spectrum of beliefs. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties...
- of the tenters in K-Ville. For the 2013-14 season, Jabari Parker made homemade dessert bars, dubbed "Jabari Bars," and p****ed them out to tenters, and Andre...
- The Red Tent or Red Tent may refer to: Red Tent (shelter), a tent used by survivors of the airship Italia in 1928 The Red Tent (Nagibin novel), 1960 The...
- stable structure to a tent. A tent-pole film may be expected to support the sale of tie-in merchandise. In the film industry, tent-poles are sometimes widely...
- tentergrounds (alternatively, tenter-fields), large open spaces full of tenters, wherever cloth was made, and as a result the word "tenter" is found in place names...
- elevated above the ****l floor, resulting in tenting of the mid-****l plane. This is known as the tenting or ballooning effect. As the elastic walls of...
- dwelling place'), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (Hebrew: אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, romanized: ʔohel mōʕēḏ, also Tent of Meeting), was the portable earthly...