English Explanatory Dictionary

tenterhook

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tenterhook tenterhooks tenter-hook tenter hook

Etymology

From tenter + hook.

Derived words

on tenterhooks
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