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tenterfield

tenterfield noun: an area used for drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling, using tenters.

Noun

tenterfield (plural tenterfields)

  1. An area used for drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling, using tenters.
    Synonyms:
    tenterground

Proper noun capitalized: Tenterfield

Tenterfield

  1. A town in the New England region, northern New South Wales, Australia.
  2. A local government area in northern New South Wales which includes the town; in full, Tenterfield Shire.

Synonyms of tenterfield

Forms of tenterfield

pluraltenterfields

Origin of tenterfield

From tenter + field.

Named after Tenterfield House in Haddington, Scotland (thus indirectly after a tenterfield).

Words formed from tenterfield

Phrases with tenterfield

Questions about tenterfield

What does tenterfield mean?
Tenterfield means an area used for drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling, using tenters.
What part of speech is tenterfield?
Tenterfield can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tenterfield?
The plural of tenterfield is tenterfields.

Words near tenterfield in the dictionary

  1. tenterbelly
  2. Tenterden
  3. tentered
  4. tenterer
  5. tenterers
  6. tenterfield
  7. Tenterfield whistle
  8. Tenterfield whistles
  9. tenterfields
  10. tenterframe
  11. tenterframes

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