ALL meanings of tenterhook
ten·ter·hook
T t - noun tenterhook one of the hooks or bent nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter. 1
- idioms tenterhook on tenterhooks, in a state of uneasy suspense or painful anxiety: The movie keeps one on tenterhooks until the very last moment. 1
- noun tenterhook one of a series of hooks or bent nails used to hold cloth stretched on a tenter 0
- noun tenterhook any of the hooked nails that hold cloth stretched on a tenter 0