Etymology

tenter

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Today it means: A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried. Full definition →

Latin tentorium
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  1. Latin · derived fromtentorium
  2. English todaytenter

Via Old French, perhaps from Latin tentorium.

Words from the same roots

Latintentorium all →

tentoriumtentory

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