English
tenterhook
From tenter + hook.
Today it means
noun One of a series of hooks used to stretch cloth on a tenter.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tenterhook”. 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.
Etymograph / tenterhook