Tenterhook

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
  2. 2
    one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter wordnet

Etymology

From tenter + hook.

Related phrases

on tenterhooks

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