tenterhook

English

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

Alternative forms

• tenter-hook, tenter hook

Etymology

From tenter +‎ hook.

Noun

tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)

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

Derived terms

• on tenterhooks

Translations

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

• German: Spannhaken m
• Hungarian: feszítőhorog, feszítőkampó

References

• tenterhook on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• heterokont