tenterhookn.

Brit.

/ˈtɛntəhʊk/, U.S.

/ˈtɛn(t)ərˌhʊk/

Forms: see tenter n.¹; also with hyphen, and Middle English tayntyr-, tentyr-, 1500s tentur-, 1600s tentry-.

Etymology: < tenter n.¹ + hook n.¹

a. One of the hooks or bent nails set in a close row along the upper and lower bar of a tenter, by which the edges of the cloth are firmly held; a hooked or right-angled nail or spike; dialect a metal hook upon which anything is hung.

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 > framework > hook or nail in

tenterhook1480

tent-hook1491

tenter1605

the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > hook

hookc900

crookc1290

rackhook1457

tenter1592

tenterhook1888

cup hook1895

1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 139 Tentourhokes, cc.

1492–3 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 186 Item, for tayntyrhokes and ffor wachyng of the sepulture, xij d.

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii Her naylys sharpe as tenter hokys.

1579 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 324 Tainter Hookes at viii^d the c.

a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) iii. xxxii. 369 The King of Marocco may stab his Subjects, throw them to the Lions, or hang them upon tenterhooks.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 348/1 The Tentry Hook is a Nail with a crooked Head, yet sharp pointed, that it may strike into any thing hung upon it.

1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 404 The partition between this and the garden..strong palisades with tenter-hooks.

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. iii. 254 On examining his teeth I found that they were all bent like tenter-hooks, pointing down his throat.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Tenter-hooks, the hooks upon which the valances of a bed are hung.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Tenter-hooks, strong iron hooks put in ceilings and..joists.., on which bacon and other such things are hung.

b. transferred. = tenter n.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > hooked hair or barb

tenter1616

tenterhook1665

barb1864

hook1866

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > hooked part

tenter1616

tenterhook1665

hook1666

hooklet1836

1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xxxiv. 164 It was arm'd likewise with the like Tenterhooks or claws with those of the sheath.

1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. To Rdr. sig. A6^v The Beards (or Tenter-hooks [of a bee's sting] as Dr. Hook calls them) lie only on one side of each Spear, not all round them.

1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 323 These tenter-hooks in the suckers of flies..are mere fancies.

a. figurative. That on which something is stretched or strained; something that causes suffering or painful suspense. Cf. tenter n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun]

sorrowOE

ail?c1225

scorpion?c1225

dolec1290

angera1325

anguishc1330

cupa1340

aggrievancea1400

discomfortc1405

afflictionc1429

sytec1440

pressurea1500

constraint1509

tenterhook1532

grief1535

annoying1566

troubler1567

griper1573

vexation1588

infliction1590

trouble1591

temptationc1595

load1600

torment1600

wringer1602

sorance1609

inflicting1611

brusha1616

freighta1631

woe-heart1637

ordeala1658

cut-up1782

unpleasure1792

iron maiden1870

mental cruelty1899

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [noun] > cause of acute anxiety

waterOE

tenterhook1532

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > cause of suspense

tenterhook1823

strip-tease1937

1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 797/1 The churche..is stretched out in the stretcher or tenter hookes of the crosse, as a churche well washed and cleansed.

1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 138 Ract on the tenter-hookes of foule disgrace.

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xcvii. 163 [It] keeps the atrocious reader in suspense; The surest way for ladies and for books To bait their tender or their tenter-hooks.

b. esp. in phrases to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks: to strain, distort the sense of (words) (? obsolete); to strain (conscience, truth, authority, credit, etc.) beyond the proper, normal, or natural extent, limit, or scope; to put a strain on (a faculty, power, or capacity). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > apply or use beyond its province

overstretcha1425

to put, set, stretch, etc. on (the) tenter(sa1533

stretch1553

to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks1583

outstretch1597

strain1597

tenter1611

overdraw1889

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E4^v He racketh it, straineth it, and as it were so setteth it on the tenter hookes.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. H3^v To racke, extort, and purloyne from other, and by setting the conscience on the tainter-hookes, to rise vp by his fall.

1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 134 Nor doe I here stretch my discourse on the tenter-hookes of partiality.

1700 W. King Transactioneer ii. 57 The poor People have set their Wits, as if it were on the Tenter-hooks, to make Turnep-Bread in Essex.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 340 Honest men..sometimes strain truth on the tenter-hooks of fiction.

c. to be on (the) tenterhooks: i.e. in a state of painful suspense or impatience: cf. tenter n.¹ 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (intransitive)]

trance1340

to be on (the) tenter(s1633

to be on (the) tenterhooks1748

stew1917

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)]

dependc1430

to hang up1623

to be on (the) tenter(s1633

to be on (the) tenterhooks1748

(to be, sit, stand, walk) on thorns (a thorn)1768

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious [verb (intransitive)] > be acutely anxious

to be on (the) tenter(s1633

to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease1663

to be on (the) tenterhooks1748

to be on heckle pins1850

sweat1963

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlv. 94 I..left him upon the tenter-hooks of impatient uncertainty.

1812 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) I. 127 Until I reach the imperial headquarters I shall be on tenter-hooks.

1897 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 754/1 The author keeps..the reader..on tenterhooks.

3. attributive.

ΚΠ

1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 37 This dogge..is violent in fighting, & wheresoeuer he setteth his tenterhooke teeth, he taketh such sure & fast hold that a man may sooner teare and rende him in sunder, then lose him and seperate his chappes.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 2/1 What may be called ‘tenterhook living’ or existence on the crust of a volcano.

1980 P. Van Greenaway Dissident ii. 41 Alex had listened with tenterhook attention.

Derivatives

† ˈtenter-ˌhooking adj. Obsolete laying hold with tenterhooks (in quot. 1615 figurative).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious

ravenousc1425

rapinous1484

ravening1548

rapacious1572

scambling1600

large-handeda1616

tenter-hooking1615

vulturizing1650

vulturian1659

leech-like1682

vulturine1721

vulturish1826

vulturous1843

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 197 Auoid such tenter-hooking men.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tenterhook
释义	tenterhookn. Brit. /ˈtɛntəhʊk/, U.S. /ˈtɛn(t)ərˌhʊk/ Forms: see tenter n.¹; also with hyphen, and Middle English tayntyr-, tentyr-, 1500s tentur-, 1600s tentry-. Etymology: < tenter n.¹ + hook n.¹ 1. a. One of the hooks or bent nails set in a close row along the upper and lower bar of a tenter, by which the edges of the cloth are firmly held; a hooked or right-angled nail or spike; dialect a metal hook upon which anything is hung. 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 > framework > hook or nail in tenterhook1480 tent-hook1491 tenter1605 the world > space > relative position > support > hanging or suspension > [noun] > that by which something is suspended > hook hookc900 crookc1290 rackhook1457 tenter1592 tenterhook1888 cup hook1895 1480 Wardrobe Accts. Edward IV in N. H. Nicolas Privy Purse Expenses Elizabeth of York (1830) 139 Tentourhokes, cc. 1492–3 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 186 Item, for tayntyrhokes and ffor wachyng of the sepulture, xij d. a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii Her naylys sharpe as tenter hokys. 1579 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 324 Tainter Hookes at viii^d the c. a1683 A. Sidney Disc. Govt. (1704) iii. xxxii. 369 The King of Marocco may stab his Subjects, throw them to the Lions, or hang them upon tenterhooks. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 348/1 The Tentry Hook is a Nail with a crooked Head, yet sharp pointed, that it may strike into any thing hung upon it. 1777 J. Howard State of Prisons (1780) 404 The partition between this and the garden..strong palisades with tenter-hooks. 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iii. iii. 254 On examining his teeth I found that they were all bent like tenter-hooks, pointing down his throat. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield Tenter-hooks, the hooks upon which the valances of a bed are hung. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Tenter-hooks, strong iron hooks put in ceilings and..joists.., on which bacon and other such things are hung. b. transferred. = tenter n.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [noun] > hooked hair or barb tenter1616 tenterhook1665 barb1864 hook1866 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > hooked part tenter1616 tenterhook1665 hook1666 hooklet1836 1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xxxiv. 164 It was arm'd likewise with the like Tenterhooks or claws with those of the sheath. 1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. To Rdr. sig. A6^v The Beards (or Tenter-hooks [of a bee's sting] as Dr. Hook calls them) lie only on one side of each Spear, not all round them. 1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xxiii. 323 These tenter-hooks in the suckers of flies..are mere fancies. 2. a. figurative. That on which something is stretched or strained; something that causes suffering or painful suspense. Cf. tenter n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > cause of mental pain or suffering > [noun] sorrowOE ail?c1225 scorpion?c1225 dolec1290 angera1325 anguishc1330 cupa1340 aggrievancea1400 discomfortc1405 afflictionc1429 sytec1440 pressurea1500 constraint1509 tenterhook1532 grief1535 annoying1566 troubler1567 griper1573 vexation1588 infliction1590 trouble1591 temptationc1595 load1600 torment1600 wringer1602 sorance1609 inflicting1611 brusha1616 freighta1631 woe-heart1637 ordeala1658 cut-up1782 unpleasure1792 iron maiden1870 mental cruelty1899 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [noun] > cause of acute anxiety waterOE tenterhook1532 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > cause of suspense tenterhook1823 strip-tease1937 1532 T. More Confut. Barnes in Wks. (1557) 797/1 The churche..is stretched out in the stretcher or tenter hookes of the crosse, as a churche well washed and cleansed. 1601 R. Chester Loves Martyr 138 Ract on the tenter-hookes of foule disgrace. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XIV xcvii. 163 [It] keeps the atrocious reader in suspense; The surest way for ladies and for books To bait their tender or their tenter-hooks. b. esp. in phrases to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks: to strain, distort the sense of (words) (? obsolete); to strain (conscience, truth, authority, credit, etc.) beyond the proper, normal, or natural extent, limit, or scope; to put a strain on (a faculty, power, or capacity). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > misapply > apply or use beyond its province overstretcha1425 to put, set, stretch, etc. on (the) tenter(sa1533 stretch1553 to put, set, strain, stretch on the tenterhooks1583 outstretch1597 strain1597 tenter1611 overdraw1889 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E4^v He racketh it, straineth it, and as it were so setteth it on the tenter hookes. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. H3^v To racke, extort, and purloyne from other, and by setting the conscience on the tainter-hookes, to rise vp by his fall. 1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 134 Nor doe I here stretch my discourse on the tenter-hookes of partiality. 1700 W. King Transactioneer ii. 57 The poor People have set their Wits, as if it were on the Tenter-hooks, to make Turnep-Bread in Essex. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. I. 340 Honest men..sometimes strain truth on the tenter-hooks of fiction. c. to be on (the) tenterhooks: i.e. in a state of painful suspense or impatience: cf. tenter n.¹ 3b. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > be apprehensive [verb (intransitive)] trance1340 to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 stew1917 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] dependc1430 to hang up1623 to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 (to be, sit, stand, walk) on thorns (a thorn)1768 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious [verb (intransitive)] > be acutely anxious to be on (the) tenter(s1633 to chafe, fret, fry, melt, stew, sweat in one's own grease1663 to be on (the) tenterhooks1748 to be on heckle pins1850 sweat1963 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random II. xlv. 94 I..left him upon the tenter-hooks of impatient uncertainty. 1812 R. Wilson Private Diary (1861) I. 127 Until I reach the imperial headquarters I shall be on tenter-hooks. 1897 Sat. Rev. 25 Dec. 754/1 The author keeps..the reader..on tenterhooks. 3. attributive. ΚΠ 1576 A. Fleming tr. J. Caius Of Eng. Dogges 37 This dogge..is violent in fighting, & wheresoeuer he setteth his tenterhooke teeth, he taketh such sure & fast hold that a man may sooner teare and rende him in sunder, then lose him and seperate his chappes. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 12 Sept. 2/1 What may be called ‘tenterhook living’ or existence on the crust of a volcano. 1980 P. Van Greenaway Dissident ii. 41 Alex had listened with tenterhook attention. Derivatives † ˈtenter-ˌhooking adj. Obsolete laying hold with tenterhooks (in quot. 1615 figurative). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > inordinate or excessive desire > [adjective] > rapacious ravenousc1425 rapinous1484 ravening1548 rapacious1572 scambling1600 large-handeda1616 tenter-hooking1615 vulturizing1650 vulturian1659 leech-like1682 vulturine1721 vulturish1826 vulturous1843 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 197 Auoid such tenter-hooking men. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1480
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