Etymograph

English

tenterfield

From tenter + field.

A compound of tenter + field

Latin tentorium ‘tent’

English tenter

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Today it means

noun An area used for drying newly manufactured cloth after fulling, using tenters.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tenterfield”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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