n.one of a series of hooks used to hold cloth on a tenter

Tenterhooks
Egypt on tenterhooks
Techies on tenterhooks
At First Blush on Tenterhooks About Selectional Restrictions Imposed by Nonheads1
The United States and Asia in 1982: Year of Tenterhooks
On the tenterhooks of classroom assessment: A case study of ‘high-performing’ Singaporean teacher
The Idea of the University on Tenterhooks. Quality Management, Cognitive Capitalism, and Autonomy
Arching a tyre carcase blank to torus form - tenterhooks press sealing membrane outwards against carcase beads
The precautionary principle and catastrophism on tenterhooks: Lessons from a constitutional reform in France
Can Apple Do It Again? ; the Tech World Is on Tenterhooks as Apple Chief Steve Jobs Prepares to Unveil His Latest Invention - the iP...