tenterhook

noun

Meaning

One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

tenter hook(English)tenter-hook(English)tumbler(English)warping hook(English)heddle hook(English)buttonhook(English)drawhook(English)hookling(English)wives(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

tenterhook — meaning and etymology | WikiWord