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tentering

tentering is the present participle and gerund of tenter.

Meaning of tenter

Verb

tenter (third-person singular simple present tenters, present participle tentering, simple past and past participle tentered)

  1. (transitive) To stretch cloth on such a framework.
  2. (intransitive) To admit extension; to be stretchable.
    • Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

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Noun

tentering (uncountable)

  1. The stretching of cloth on tenters

Questions about tentering

What does tentering mean?
Tentering means the stretching of cloth on tenters.
What is tentering the present participle and gerund of?
Tentering is the present participle and gerund of tenter.
What part of speech is tentering?
Tentering is a noun.

Words near tentering in the dictionary

  1. tenterframes
  2. tenterground
  3. tentergrounds
  4. tenterhook
  5. tenterhooks
  6. tentering
  7. tenterloft
  8. tenterlofts
  9. tenterpost
  10. tenterposts
  11. tenters

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