† tenter-yardn.
Obsolete.
A yard or enclosure with tenters for stretching cloth, etc.
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tenter-place1457
tenter-yard1481
tenter-ground1714
tenter-field1844
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 303 He to have his howse that he dwellyth in, and the teynter yerd.
1545 Act 37 Hen. VIII c. 12 §10 Any mansion house with a..tymber yarde, teyntree yarde, or gardeyne bilonginge to the same.
1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 92 The fields on either sides be turned into garden plottes, teynter yardes, bowling Alleyes, and such like.
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