tenter
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tenter1
▶noun a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture.
– origin ME: from med. L. tentorium, from tent-, tendere ‘to stretch’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tenter2
▶noun archaic a person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory.
– origin C19: from Scots and northern English dial. tent ‘pay attention’, appar. from ME attent ‘heed’.
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