Definition of tenter
1 : a frame or endless track with hooks or clips along two sides that is used for drying and stretching cloth
2 archaic : tenterhook
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Origin and Etymology of tenter
Middle English teyntur, probably from Medieval Latin tentura, from tenta tent frame, tent
First Known Use: 14th century
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tenter
noun
ten·ter
Definition of tenter
: one who lives in or occupies a tent
1846
First Known Use of tenter
1846
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