tenter noun¹ & verb. ['tɛntǝ] ME.
[medieval Latin tentorium, from Latin tent- pa. ppl stem of tendere stretch.]
A. noun.
1. A framework on which milled or printed cloth is stretched so that it can dry without shrinking or losing shape. Cf. STENTER noun 2. ME.

2. = TENTERHOOK 1. L16-M19.

3. Medicine. A roll or wad of absorbent material. Cf. TENT noun³ 2. Only in 17.
b. verb trans.
1. Stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters. LME.

2. fig. Set on tenterhooks; hurt as by stretching; rack, torture, (the feelings etc.). E17-M18.

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tenter noun². ['tɛntǝ] M19.
[from TENT verb⁴ + -ER¹.]
1. A person who lives or stays in a tent. M19.

2. A person whose job is to erect and strike tents. M19.

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