tenter (1)

[Eng. tent (2), v.; -er.] A person in a manufactory who tends to or looks after a machine, or set of machines, so that they may be in proper working order, as a loom- tenter. He may also have the supervision of a certain number of the hands employed on such machines. těnt-er (2), *teint-er, *tent-ar, *tent-ure, *tent-our, *tent-owre, s . [Prop. tenture , from Fr. tenture a stretching, extending; Lat. tentura = a stretching, from tent us , pa. par. of ten do to stretch.] 1. A frame used to stretch pieces of cloth, to make them set even and square. 2. A drying-room. 3. A tenter-hook. "Ye haue streigned it on the ten tours , and drawen it on the perche."- Golden Boke , let. 5 * On the tenters : [TENTER-HOOK, T.]