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tenter

N โครง ขึง ผ้า  ตะขอ ขึง ผ้า 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TENTER

n.[L. tendo, tentus, to stretch. ] A hook for stretching cloth on a frame.
To be on the tenters, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness or suspense.

 

TENTER

v.t.To hang or stretch on tenters.

 

TENTER

v.i.To admit extension. Woolen cloths will tenter.

 

TENTERED

pp. Stretched or hung on tenters.

 

TENTER-GROUND

n.Ground on which tenters are erected.

 

TENTERING

ppr. Stretching or hanging on tenters.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TENTER

TENTER Ten "ter, n.

 

1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.

 

2. (Mach. )

 

Defn: A kind of governor.

 

TENTER

Ten "ter, n. Etym: [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See Tend to move. ]

 

Defn: A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square. Tenter ground, a place where tenters are erected. -- Tenter-hook, a sharp, hooked nail used for fastening cloth on a tenter. -- To be on the tenters, or on the tenter-hooks, to be on the stretch; to be in distress, uneasiness, or suspense. Hudibras.

 

TENTER

Ten "ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tentered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tentering. ]

 

Defn: To admit extension. Woolen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely. Bacon.

 

TENTER

TENTER Ten "ter, v. t.

 

Defn: To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tenter

ten ter |ˈtentər ˈtɛntər | ▶noun a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture. ORIGIN Middle English: from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- ‘stretched, ’ from the verb tendere.

 

tenter

tenter 2 |ˈtɛntə | ▶noun archaic a person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect tent ‘pay attention ’, apparently from Middle English attent ‘heed ’.

 

tenterhook

ten ter hook |ˈtentərˌho͝ok ˈtɛntərhʊk | ▶noun historical a hook used to fasten cloth on a drying frame or tenter. PHRASES on tenterhooks in a state of suspense or agitation because of uncertainty about a future event.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tenter

tenter 1 |ˈtɛntə | ▶noun a framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture. ORIGIN Middle English: from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- ‘stretched ’, from the verb tendere.

 

tenter

tenter 2 |ˈtɛntə | ▶noun archaic a person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect tent ‘pay attention ’, apparently from Middle English attent ‘heed ’.

 

tenterhook

ten ¦ter |hook |ˈtɛntəhʊk | ▶noun historical a hook used to fasten cloth on a drying frame or tenter . PHRASES on tenterhooks in a state of suspense or agitation because of uncertainty about a future event.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tenterhooks

tenterhooks plural noun PHRASES on tenterhooks she's been on tenterhooks ever since the job interview: in suspense, waiting with bated breath; anxious, nervous, apprehensive, worried, worried sick, on edge, edgy, antsy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, restless, worked up, keyed up, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, with one's heart in one's mouth; informal with butterflies in one's stomach, jittery, twitchy, in a state, uptight, het up; squirrelly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tenterhooks

tenterhooks plural noun PHRASES on tenterhooks she had been on tenterhooks all night, waiting for Joe to return: in suspense, waiting with bated breath; anxious, nervous, nervy, apprehensive, worried, worried sick, on edge, edgy, tense, strained, stressed, agitated, in a state of nerves, in a state of agitation, fretful, restless, worked up, keyed up, overwrought, wrought up, strung out, jumpy, with one's stomach in knots, with one's heart in one's mouth, like a cat on a hot tin roof, fidgety, on pins and needles; informal with butterflies in one's stomach, jittery, twitchy, in a state, uptight, wired, in a stew, in a dither, all of a dither, in a sweat, in a flap, in a tizz /tizzy, all of a lather, het up, in a twitter, waiting for the axe to fall; Brit. informal strung up, windy, having kittens, all of a doodah; N. Amer. informal spooky, squirrelly, in a twit; Austral. /NZ informal toey; Brit. vulgar slang shitting bricks, bricking oneself; dated overstrung.

 

French Dictionary

tenter

tenter v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Constituer une tentation. : Vous ne devriez pas me tenter ainsi. Olivier est tenté par le nouveau disque de ce groupe. 2 Essayer quelque chose de difficile. : Ils vont tenter l ’escalade du mont Saint-Bruno et la traversée du lac Noir à la nage. Tentez votre chance: vous réussirez. SYNONYME chercher . Note Syntaxique Suivi de l ’infinitif, le verbe se construit avec la préposition de . Tenter de trouver un médicament pour enrayer une maladie. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tenterhook

ten ter hook /téntə r hʊ̀k /名詞 C (!次の成句で ) .on t é nterhooks 気をもんで, やきもきして .