Obs. Also 5 tente, teynt. [Connected with L. tendĕre, tent-um, F. tendre to stretch; also with TENT sb.5, TENTER sb.1; but exact history not evidenced.] Hence † Tenting vbl. sb.

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  1.  trans. To stretch (cloth) on tenters: = TENTER v. 1.

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1377.  Langl., P. Pl., B. XV. 447. Cloth … is nouȝt comly to were Tyl it is fulled vnder fote … Ytouked, and ytented [v.r. y-teynted] & vnder tailloures hande.

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c. 1440.  Promp. Parv., 489/1. Tente clothe, extendo, lacinio.

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1463–4.  Rolls of Parlt., V. 501/1. Brode clote … after almanere rakkyng streynyng or teyntyng therof.

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  2.  (?) To embroider in a tent or frame.

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1507.  Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., IV. 79. Payit to the broud-star for half ane hank gold threid for tenting, and gret papir for the Kingis doublat.

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