a. [f. med.L. tentāre for temptāre to try, or f. TENT v.4 to probe, etc. + -ABLE.] Liable to be probed, ‘picked,’ or ‘tried’: cf. TENTATION 2 a.
1862. Catal. Internat. Exhib., II. XXXI. 10. Locks with crypted guards, not tentable by instrument or true key.
