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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tenter, -our, n. [ME and e.m.E. tey[n]tur (14th c.), taynter (1408), tenture (Prompt. Parv.), tentar (1530).] a. ? A means of stretching or stiffening a garment. b. An apparatus for stretching cloth during the manufacturing process. Also attrib. with yaird, feild. —a. 1504 Treas. Acc. II 293.
For lynyng clat[h] to stent the said cheseb on … for cammes to be ane patrone of it … for lynyn and pak threid to the tentouris of it —b. 1600 Edinb. B. Rec. V 291.
To … sett up in the Trinity College yaird … tentoures of tymber for the use of strayngers craftismen, makers of clayth 1681 New Mills Manuf. lxxxviii.
To ane additional tenter for watring and dyeing the cloath —attrib. 1671 Melrose Reg. Rec. II 279.
For teilling … of the tenter yaird 1703 New Mills Manuf. 347.
The tenterfeild at Neumilnes