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Tenterhooks or
tenter hooks are
hooked nails used with a
device known as a
tenter, a
wooden frame, used
since at
least the 14th
century in
the process of...
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called "
tenters" and
stretched taut
using "
tenter hooks", so that
the cloth would dry flat and square. It is from this
process that some have
the expression...
- were
holding it.
The earlier non-mechanized
equivalent was
the tenter frame.
Stenter is
derived from "
tenter",
which has its
origins in
the Latin word tendere...
- back****ng.
The second type are larger,
heavier tents which are
usually carried in a car or
other vehicle.
Depending on tent size and
the experience of
the person...
- A
tent peg (or
tent stake) is a spike,
usually with a
hook or hole
on the top end,
typically made from wood, metal, plastic, or
composite material, pushed...
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where cloth was
stretched on tenter hooks. In
the grounds of St
Alphege church is a now
Grade II
listed ruin
dating from
the 14th century. It is believed...
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sections of
the city wall as
scheduled monuments.
The long
presence of
the walls has had a
profound and
continuing effect on the character of
the City of...
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The tinctures he used are doubtful.
The arms
showed quarterly, 1 and 4
three tent hooks, 2 and 4 a lion rampant.
The hooks may be
sable or vert,
the lion...
- Knitting,
The Basics,
Sixth &
Spring Books, NY. (2005); p. 10. Look up fulling or
tenter in Wiktionary,
the free dictionary. A
model of a
fulling mill
on view...
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The Corpus Christi Hooks are a
Minor League Baseball team of
the Texas League and
the Double-A
affiliate of
the Houston Astros. They are
located in Corpus...
