| 释义 |
† ˈtenter-yard Obs.
[f. tenter n.1 + yard n.]
A yard or enclosure with tenters for stretching cloth, etc.
1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 303 He to have his howse that he dwellyth in, and the teynter yerd. 1545Act 37 Hen. VIII, c. 12 §10 Any mansion house with a..tymber yarde, teyntree yarde, or gardeyne bilonginge to the same. 1598Stow Surv. (1908) I. 127 The fields on either side be turned into Garden plottes, teynter yardes, Bowling Allyes, and such like. |
