- tenter-hooks
- [΄tentəhuks] n be on tenter-hooks կարծես փշերի վրա նստած լինել. անորոշությունից տանջվել. keep smb on tenter-hooks անորոշությամբ տանջել
English-Armenian Dictionary. Բարաթյան Ն.Ռ. Անգլերեն-հայերեն Բառարան/— Yerevan. Baratyan N.R. . 2011.
tenter-hooks
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tenter hooks — see tenter and tentering … Dictionary of ichthyology
To be on the tenter-hooks — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenter — Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter hooks, so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenter ground — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tenter-hook — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tenter — a bar of wood fitted with hooks on which fish are hung to dry, hence tenter hooks (Scottish dialect) … Dictionary of ichthyology
Tenter — Frame on which material was secured by hooks so as to dry without shrinkage or loss of shape. From this we have on tenter hooks . [< Lat. tendo = to stretch] … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
tenter — I. noun Etymology: Middle English teyntur, probably from Medieval Latin tentura, from tenta tent frame, tent Date: 14th century 1. a frame or endless track with hooks or clips along two sides that is used for drying and stretching cloth 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
To be on tenterhooks — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To be on the tenters — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tentering — hanging fish by tenter hooks on tenter sticks. Tenter sticks are rods that are square in cross section and carry hooks on each face … Dictionary of ichthyology
