What does "tenter" mean?

A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.

Tenter

Common synonyms include: cloth finisher, cloth frame, cloth stretcher, device, fabric stretcher, frame.

/ˈtɛn.təɹ/ noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A framework upon which cloth is stretched and dried.
2
a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth wordnet
3
One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
4
A kind of governor, or regulating device.

Verb

1
To stretch cloth on such a framework. transitive
2
To admit extension; to be stretchable. intransitive
"Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely."

"Woollen cloth will tenter, linen scarcely."

Via Old French, perhaps from Latin tentorium.