tenter

/หˆtษ›n.tษ™ษน/
noun
  1. 1

    A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

  2. 2

    One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

  3. 3

    A kind of governor, or regulating device.

verb
  1. 1

    To stretch cloth on such a framework.

  2. 2

    To admit extension; to be stretchable.

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