tenter
noun
a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
tenters
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pluralof tenter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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At Colter Bay, in the Grand Tetons of Wyoming, a luxurious campground financed by the Rockefellers has segregated areas for cabin campers, trailer campers, campers, or just plain tenters.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the hot supper of steak and potatoes that Penny prepared failed to sufficiently warm the two tenters.
From Voice from the Cave by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
The preachers left the field to join the tenters; and, if possible, surpassed their previous exhibitions.
From A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America by S. A. (Simon Ansley) Ferrall
No thrall's hands in the hangings were, No thrall's hands made the tenters bare.
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
Whitechapel takes its name from a white chapel-of-ease built to relieve Stepney, in which parish this district was till 1763. tenters: pegs for stretching cloth.
From The History of London by Sir Walter Besant
