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Cloth vs Tentering - What's the difference?

cloth | tentering |

As nouns the difference between cloth and tentering

is that cloth is a woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use while tentering is the stretching of cloth on tenters.

As a verb tentering is

present participle of tenter.

cloth

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
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  • A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
  • A form of attire that represents a particular profession.
  • (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

    • Synonyms

    * (woven fabric) material, stuff * See also

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "cloth") * cheesecloth * cut from the same cloth * dishcloth * facecloth * horsecloth * loincloth * man of the cloth * sackcloth * tablecloth * take the cloth * washcloth * whole cloth, from whole cloth, out of whole cloth * wire cloth

    Related terms

    * clothe, clothes, clothing

    tentering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The stretching of cloth on tenters

    • See also

    * tenterhook