Also 6 Sc. -ar. [f. STENT v.1 + -ER1.]
† 1. One who sets up (tents). Sc. Obs.
1545. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., VIII. 406. Jhonne Aichisoun,… stentar of the saidis pavillionis.
2. = TENTER sb.1 Also attrib.
1875. Knight, Dict. Mech., Stenter, a tenter;… common in Scotland and in the North of England.
1880. Spon’s Encycl. Industr. Arts, etc. II. 504. The piece [of book-muslin] is now taken to be stretched and dried on the stenter frames.
1891. Century Dict., Stenter, A machine or apparatus for stretching or stentering muslins and other thin fabrics. Also called stenter-hook.
