tenterhook
English
Alternative forms
tenter-hook
,
tenter hook
Etymology
From
tenter
+
hook
.
Noun
tenterhook
(
plural
tenterhooks
)
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