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▪ I. stenter, n.|ˈstɛntə(r)|
Also 6 Sc. -ar.
[f. stent v.1 + -er1.]
†1. One who sets up (tents). Sc. Obs.
1545Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 406 Jhonne Aichisoun,..stentar of the saidis pavillionis.
2. = tenter n.1 Also attrib. In mod. use, a machine through which fabric is carried mechanically while under sideways tension.
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Stenter, a tenter;..common in Scotland and in the North of England. 1880Spon's Encycl. Industr. Arts etc. ii. 504 The piece [of book-muslin] is now taken to be stretched and dried on the stenter frames. 1891Century Dict., Stenter, A machine or apparatus for stretching or stentering muslins and other thin fabrics. Also called stenter-hook. 1911C. Salter tr. Polleyn's Dressings & Finishings for Textile Fabrics xxii. 244 The stenter and drying machine has been greatly improved by the addition of the longitudinal stretching device. 1939A. J. Hall tr. Hünlich's Textile Fibres & Materials iv. 152 The fabric may be dried and stretched simultaneously on a hot air stenter. 1962J. T. Marsh Self-Smoothing Fabrics ii. 9 The alternative use of radiant heat units mounted over the stenter is also quite common. 1973Materials & 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.
▪ II. stenter, v.|ˈstɛntə(r)|
[f. stenter n.]
‘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. Hence ˈstentering vbl. n. (also attrib.)
1880Spon's Encycl. Industr. Arts etc. ii. 504 The continuous clip stentering machine. 1946A. J. Hall Stand. Handbk. Textiles iv. 228 The modern machine undertakes both the drying and the stentering. 1962J. 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. 1973Materials & 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. |
