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tenter-hook

tenter-hook is the alternative form of tenterhook.

Meaning of tenterhook

Noun

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)

  1. One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.

Forms of tenter-hook

pluraltenter-hooks

Questions about tenter-hook

What is tenter-hook the alternative form of?
Tenter-hook is the alternative form of tenterhook.

Words near tenter-hook in the dictionary

  1. tenter posts
  2. tenter-field
  3. tenter-fields
  4. tenter-frame
  5. tenter-frames
  6. tenter-hook
  7. tenter-loft
  8. tenter-lofts
  9. tenter-post
  10. tenter-posts
  11. tenterbellies

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