tenter

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for tenter

tenter 🔊

tenter : රෙදි ඇදීමට යොදන රාමුව

tenter definition

Noun.

  1. One who takes care of, or tends, machines in a factory; a kind of assistant foreman.
  2. A kind of governor.
  3. A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter-hooks, so that it may dry even and square.

Intransitive verb. To admit extension.

Transitive verb. To hang or stretch on, or as on, tenters.