tenturing (1464-65)
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tenturing (1464-65)

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[gdw]

[FEW: *13/i,197b tendere; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  tenter v. / tentering n.; MED:  tenteren v.; DMLBS: 3404b tenturare]
tenturyng  
M.E.

s.

1textiletentering, stretching of wet cloth on a wooden frame: 
( 1464-65 ) ordeignez est [...] qe chescun entier drap lanuz appellez brodecloth, [...] aprés plein enewance, rakkyng, streynyng ou tenturyng [...] teigne et conteigne en longeur .xxiiij. aulnes  ii 403
tendre#1  tenturance  tenture#1 
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