单词 | stenter |
释义 | stentern.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > one who sets up tents stenter1545 tenter1864 1545 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1908) VIII. 406 Jhonne Aichisoun,..stentar of the saidis pavillionis. 2. = tenter n.1 Also attributive. In modern use, a machine through which fabric is carried mechanically while under sideways tension. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > stretching > machine stenter1875 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > stretching > other equipment ring-head1601 stenter1875 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Stenter, a tenter;..common in Scotland and in the North of England. 1880 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts II. 504 The piece [of book-muslin] is now taken to be stretched and dried on the stenter frames. 1891 Cent. Dict. Stenter, A machine or apparatus for stretching or stentering muslins and other thin fabrics. Also called stenter-hook. 1911 C. Salter tr. Polleyn Dressings & Finishings for Textile Fabrics xxii. 244 The stenter and drying machine has been greatly improved by the addition of the longitudinal stretching device. 1939 A. J. Hall tr. Hünlich Textile Fibres & Materials iv. 152 The fabric may be dried and stretched simultaneously on a hot air stenter. 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics ii. 9 The alternative use of radiant heat units mounted over the stenter is also quite common. 1973 Materials & Technol. VI. vii. 458 By the time the fabric has travelled the 50 or 60 ft..which represents the length of the stenter, it is practically free from alkali and shows no further inclination to contract. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). stenterv. ‘To operate upon (thin cotton fabrics, as book-muslins, etc.) in a manner to impart to them a so-called elastic finish’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891). Cf. tenter v. Also, to pass (fabric) through a stenter. ΚΠ 1880 Spons' Encycl. Industr. Arts II. 504 The continuous clip stentering machine. 1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xi. 171 The water content of the fabric may be reduced to a figure which prevents any migration during stentering. Derivatives ˈstentering n. (also attributive) ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > other processes starching1390 drawing1579 lapper1732 animalization1783 gassing1822 stuff-presser1831 rot-steep1835 plating1843 oversizing1882 Schreinering1905 Schreinerizing1906 potting1920 tie-dye1926 ikat1931 pre-boarding1940 permanent press1944 stentering1946 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [adjective] > equipment for mozing1633 felting1805 stentering1946 1946 A. J. Hall Standard Handbk. Textiles iv. 228 The modern machine undertakes both the drying and the stentering. 1973 Materials & Technol. VI. vii. 458 Cotton fabrics are treated with the caustic soda solution while they are in open width on a powerful ‘stentering’ machine in which the fabric is anchored by its edges as it travels through. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1545v.1880 |
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