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noun ˈtɛntəˈtɛn(t)ər A framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture. 拉幅机 Example sentencesExamples - Back in April 1864 the six-year-old John Wakefield planted the tree on Lower Tenter Fell where, for centuries, locally made cloth had been dried on tenter frames.
- Le Balle was also one of the places where fullers set up tenters used to stretch out cloth to dry.
- On one town plan dating to 1610, an area north-west of the mill was known as Tenter Bank, and tenter frames were used for stretching cloth after it had been fulled and dyed.
OriginMiddle English: from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- 'stretched', from the verb tendere. Rhymesassenter, cementer, centre (US center), concentre (US concenter), dissenter, enter, eventer, fermenter (US fermentor), fomenter, frequenter, inventor, lamenter, magenta, placenta, polenta, precentor, presenter, preventer, repenter, tormentor noun ˈtɛntəˈtɛn(t)ər archaic A person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory. 〈英，古〉（尤指工厂机器等的）照管人
OriginEarly 19th century: from Scots and northern English dialect tent 'pay attention', apparently from Middle English attent 'heed'. nounˈten(t)ərˈtɛn(t)ər A framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture. 拉幅机 Example sentencesExamples - On one town plan dating to 1610, an area north-west of the mill was known as Tenter Bank, and tenter frames were used for stretching cloth after it had been fulled and dyed.
- Back in April 1864 the six-year-old John Wakefield planted the tree on Lower Tenter Fell where, for centuries, locally made cloth had been dried on tenter frames.
- Le Balle was also one of the places where fullers set up tenters used to stretch out cloth to dry.
OriginMiddle English: from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere. nounˈten(t)ərˈtɛn(t)ər archaic A person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory. 〈英，古〉（尤指工厂机器等的）照管人
OriginEarly 19th century: from Scots and northern English dialect tent ‘pay attention’, apparently from Middle English attent ‘heed’. |