[tenturance] (1483-84)
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[tenturance] (1483-84)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  tendere *13/i,197b Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
tenturaunce  
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
le

s.

1textiletentering, stretching of wet cloth on a wooden frame: 
( 1483-84 ) Auxi qe null persone [...] mette ne traihe, ne cause d’estre mis ou traihez’ en longeur ou laieur [...] ascun maner de draps lanuz, aprés q’il soit pleinement enewé, par moien del tenturaunce ou autrement  ii 486
tendre#1  tenture#1  tenturing 
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