tenter

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

tentering machine

dish rack

stretcher

plate rack

stenter

stretching machine

stentering machine

clotheshorse

expanding roller

Translations

المُخيّم

Spannrahmen

τελάρο

tensore

allargatrice

spanraam

tensor

kancalı serçeveye germek

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛn.təɹ/

Etymology

Via Old French, perhaps from Latin tentorium.