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  • Tenter ground — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tenter — Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter hooks, so… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tenter-hook — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tenter Street, Goodman's Fields —    The four streets of this name called respectively:     Tenter Street North, Tenter Street South, Tenter Street East, Tenter Street West, enclose a square on the site occupied in former times by Goodman s Fields, and were in course of erection… …   Dictionary of London

  • To be on the tenter-hooks — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gain Ground SX — Gain Ground Gain Ground Éditeur Sega Développeur Sega Date de sortie Arcade : 1988 Master System : 1990 Megadrive : 1991 PC Engine : 25 décembre 1992 (Japon) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gain Ground — Éditeur Sega Développeur Sega Date de sortie Arcade : 1988 Master System : 1990 Megadrive : 1991 PC Engine : 25 décembre 1992 (Japon) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Dangerous Ground — est un film américano sud africain réalisé par Darrell Roodt en 1997. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 Distribution 4 Lien externe …   Wikipédia en Français

  • To be on tenterhooks — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To be on the tenters — Tenter Ten ter, n. [OE. tenture, tentoure, OF. tenture a stretching, spreading, F. tenture hangings, tapestry, from L. tendere, tentum, to stretch. See {Tend} to move.] A machine or frame for stretching cloth by means of hooks, called tenter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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