[f. STENTER sb.] ‘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. Hence Stentering vbl. sb. (also attrib.)
1880. Spon’s Encycl. Industr. Arts, etc. II. 504. The continuous clip stentering machine.
