資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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 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.