Word Meaning

tenter definition and meaning

n. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
n. A kind of governor.
n. A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.
v. i. To admit extension.
v. t. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.