? Obs. [f. TENT v.3; or shortened from TENTER sb.1] A frame on which embroidery or tapestry is kept stretched while making; a stretching frame for various purposes.
1548. Elyot, Tendicula … a nette or snare to take byrdes or beastes in, also a teynter, and a tent that brotherers woorke on.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. xxi. (Roxb.), 251/2. A long square of wood, made after the maner of an Embrautherers tent to slip up and down.
a. 1704. Compl. Servant-Maid (ed. 7), 62. To wash and starch Points, Take your Points and put them into a Tent, then lay your Tent upon a Table.
1741. Lady Pomfret, Lett. (1805), III. 113. The working of the tapestry, which is done in a different manner…, the tent being set edgewise.
