blue plaque · England
Blue plaque № 42060

Tenter Posts. Used to dry and stretch woollen cloth after scouring. Cloth was stretched to regain its size, on wooden beams fastened between the 'tenter posts' and held in place by hooks to dry, hence the saying 'being on tenterhooks'
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