"tenterpost" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From tenter + post.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "A post, on a series of which newly manufactured cloth was hung to dry after fulling."
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        "(historical) A post, on a series of which newly manufactured cloth was hung to dry after fulling."
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  "word": "tenterpost"
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  "etymology_text": "From tenter + post.",
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        "(historical) A post, on a series of which newly manufactured cloth was hung to dry after fulling."
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