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tenter-post

tenter-post is the alternative form of tenterpost.

Meaning of tenterpost

Noun

tenterpost (plural tenterposts)

  1. (historical) A post, on a series of which newly manufactured cloth was hung to dry after fulling.

Forms of tenter-post

pluraltenter-posts

Questions about tenter-post

What is tenter-post the alternative form of?
Tenter-post is the alternative form of tenterpost.

Words near tenter-post in the dictionary

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

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