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A framework on which fabric can be held taut for drying or other treatment during manufacture.
Middle English from medieval Latin tentorium, from tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.
A person in charge of something, especially of machinery in a factory.
Early 19th century from Scots and northern English dialect tent ‘pay attention’, apparently from Middle English attent ‘heed’.