Tenter

n.	1.	One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
	2.	(Mach.) A kind of governor.
	1.	A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. Tenter ground a place where tenters are erected. Tenter-hook a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter. To be on the tenters to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. - Hudibras.
v. i.	1.	To admit extension. [imp. & p. p. Tentered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering.] Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. - Bacon.
v. t.	1.	To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

Noun

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tenter - a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth

frame, framework, framing, tenterhook