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  • What does it mean to be on tenterhooks? - Merriam-Webster
    “On tenterhooks” means “waiting nervously for something to happen ” The word tenter means “a frame used for drying and stretching cloth” and is related to tent, so being “on tenterhooks” compares the tenseness of the stretched fabric to the tension of nervous waiting
  • Tenterhook - Wikipedia
    Tenterhooks or tenter hooks are hooked nails used with a device known as a tenter, a wooden frame, used since at least the 14th century in the process of making woolen cloth, over which wet cloth would be stretched to prevent shrinkage as it dries, but now superseded by the stenter in the textile manufacturing industry
  • On Tenterhooks - Meaning Origin Of The Phrase - Phrasefinder
    A tenter is a wooden frame, often in the form of a line of fencing, used to hang woollen or linen cloth to prevent it from shrinking as it dries The tenterhooks are, not surprisingly, the hooks on the tenter used to hold the cloth in place
  • on tenterhooks vs. on tender hooks - Vocabulary. com
    To be on tenterhooks means to be stretched tight or to be tense while in anticipation or suspense The phrase is often preceded by "waiting," which emphasizes the quality of anxious uncertainty, a kind of worry that you feel physically
  • TENTERHOOKS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    TENTERHOOKS definition: 1 worried or nervous about something that is going to happen: 2 worried or nervous about… Learn more
  • Understanding on tenterhooks Idiom: Meaning, Origins Usage . . .
    The idiom “on tenterhooks” is a commonly used expression in English language that signifies a state of anxiety, nervousness or anticipation It is often used to describe situations where someone is waiting for an important event or outcome with great eagerness, but also with apprehension
  • On tenterhooks - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
    If you are on tenterhooks, you are very nervous or excited, because you are keen to know what is going to happen The market was on tenterhooks about the size of the rate cut `It was a good match wasn't it? Very exciting ' — `Yes, we were on tenterhooks '
  • Tenterhooks: Definition, Meaning and Origin - US Dictionary
    The idiom "tenterhooks" is used to express the feeling of suspense, anxiety, or impatience due to uncertainty or a pending outcome If you're on tenterhooks, you're anxiously waiting for something to happen
  • What Does on Tenterhooks Mean? - Writing Explained
    The tenterhooks are the metal hooks that held the cloth to the frame The stretched out cloth remains there until dry, effectively waiting in suspense until it becomes ready for the next stage of the wool making process
  • On tenterhooks - World Wide Words
    Tenter comes from the Latin tendere, to stretch, via a French intermediate The word has been in the language since the fourteenth century, and on tenters soon after became a phrase meaning painful anxiety The exact phrase on tenterhooks seems first to have been used by Tobias Smollett in Roderick Random in 1748





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