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tenter
[ ten-ter ]
noun
- a framework on which cloth in the process of manufacture is stretched so it may set or dry evenly.
- Obsolete. a tenterhook.
verb (used with object)
- to stretch (cloth) on a tenter or tenters.
verb (used without object)
- to be capable of being tentered.
tenter
/ 藞迟蓻苍迟蓹 /
noun
- a frame on which cloth is stretched during the manufacturing process in order that it may retain its shape while drying
- a person who stretches cloth on a tenter
verb
- tr to stretch (cloth) on a tenter
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 耻苍路迟别苍顎僼别谤别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of tenter1
C14: from Medieval Latin 迟别苍迟艒谤颈耻尘, from Latin tentus stretched, from tendere to stretch
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鈥淏ut you never know what someone has in their bank account,鈥 says tenter Lois McCormick.
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I threw in my lot with the tenters.
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But his chief fear was, and it kept him on tenter hooks throughout the day, that his grand exploit would be nipped in the bud, altogether frustrated, by his being prematurely fetched home.
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Some of the higher-ups are dead sure you are Mr.聽Shei, and the whole town is on tenter hooks on account of the notices posted last night.
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I know he is on tenter hooks all the time, too.
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