"tenterhook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tenterhooks [plural]
Etymology: From tenter + hook. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tenter|hook}} tenter + hook Head templates: {{en-noun}} tenterhook (plural tenterhooks)
  1. One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter. Synonyms: tenter-hook, tenter hook Derived forms: on tenterhooks Translations (one of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter): Spannhaken [masculine] (German), feszítőhorog (Hungarian), feszítőkampó (Hungarian)

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