tenterhook
nounEtymology From tenter + hook.
1
One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
- Derived terms
- on tenterhooks
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
noun
Etymology From tenter + hook.
One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.
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