tenterhook

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English[edit]

Tenter hook in an 1822 trade catalogue, published by H. Barns & Sons, of Birmingham, England

Alternative forms[edit]

tenter-hook, tenter hook

Etymology[edit]

tenter +‎ hook.

Noun[edit]

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)

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

Derived terms[edit]

on tenterhooks

Translations[edit]

one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter

German: Spannhaken m
Hungarian: feszítőhorog, feszítőkampó

References[edit]

tenterhook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams[edit]

heterokont

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