tenter

Noun

1. A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
2. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
3. A kind of governor, or regulating device.

Verb

1. (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
2. (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛn.təɹ/

Etymology

Via Old French, perhaps from Latin tentorium.

Synonyms

tentering machine

dish rack

stretcher

plate rack

stenter

stretching machine

stentering machine

clotheshorse

expanding roller

Translations

المُخيّم

Spannrahmen

τελάρο

tensore

allargatrice

spanraam

tensor

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